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Old 01-15-2010, 07:24 PM
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Hi Terry and all,

The third thing I look for when searching for CT-100 focus pots is linear taper.

5-Meg, 2W, linear taper. Can be tough to find, but doable.

To review: focus pots are in demand because they are subject to overstress when the convergence transformer shorts. That's the real culprit; not the focus pot. Thanks to John Folsom who had a couple of runs of convergence transformers manufactured, focus pot failure rate is no longer the headache it once was. Install a new transformer, probably get a pass on your focus pot going cherry red.

Pete

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