[DaveWM]

check the few parts I mentioned, all looked good. did a recheck of the cathode current on the HOT and shunt, at 24kv I get 185ma and about 1.5ma with the screen blacked out, with normal video the shunt is around .8-1ma so all looks good. this is all with the line set to 117vac, the pic starts to dim if I get much below that (again a weak CRT). I could prob buck it down to 110vac and use a booster on the CRT, but that is getting a bit much. At the 185ma the fly just gets warm to the touch, so I need to make sure It does not see more than that. I have been toying with the idea of installing an adapter socket with the SCREEN of the HOT cut so I can adding resistance there to tailor the HOT current and not have to worry so much about the line voltage and its impact on the FLY. On some of my zenith rectangle sets I know they have a screen tap that lets you select the B+ when using different HOT's.

there also is something not right with the focus, I am at the extreme end of the adjustment (max voltage) for focus, if I go ever 23kv it will be out of range (its just barely there, I cant go beyond even at 22kv). So I really need to check the focus stick (I hate those) and maybe the 66meg.

oh the other thing that was odd was the eff coil did not seem to dip, it would just be lower if you moved the slug to either extreme (to the point it was coming out of the the coil form) so I will go back in and check the two caps that form the tank circuit (a .068 and .082 in series together, P across the eff coil).