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Old 05-14-2010, 12:29 PM
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Originally Posted by leadlike View Post
I probably would not have rejuvinated that tube-I typically set the heater voltage a little higher, about 8 volts, and then let the tester cook away at the tube for a few hours. The emission almost always goes up. Rejuvination is very hard on crts (on all but the most expensive testers, it is usually just a fat cap discharging itself into the crt gun) and in some cases will totally trash a perfectly fine crt.
I second that, but these CRTs only run on 2.68 volts, so maybe 4-5 volts would be better ?
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