IT WORKS!!!!
Bob and Pete stopped by today with a CTC-2 chassis, wooden CRT truck, extension cables, CRT testers (to read all the guns at one time), and of course a Wiz of Oz DVD in tow. One more test of the tube with Bob's Beltron proved that all 3 guns were indeed working perfectly, so we set about powering it in a real world situation with Pete's CTC-2. The CRT was placed in the truck, cleaned, yoke and purity assemblies installed, and Bob's anode extension wire attached. We connected my DVD player to the CTC-2 using Pete's composite input mod box, and powered the chassis through my RCA Isotap variable isolation transformer set to 115 VAC.
We threw the switch, HV spooled up, and got a bright full raster! There were a few hiccups getting an actual picture to appear which were mainly my fault for powering the DVD player incorrectly, but in the end we were able to get something on the screen. Something was amiss with the Merrill though, as it was only powering one gun at a time and so we were not able to do any convergence or get a color picture. Just proving the tube still works was a monumental success for the comminuty, and so we called it a day.
Enjoy the pictures!
Setting up the CRT for testing.
Historic first light!
Initial images being displayed. It's supposed to be the yellow brick road, but degaussing, purity, and convergence all still need to be done before anything decent appears on this tube.
