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Old 07-10-2013, 08:53 PM
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Meh, the random porthole deserves to be saved too.

Update: After trying to revive the CRT (didn't work), I let it be on the floor. Today I went upstairs to move it, and I noticed the getter is all white! WTF? Yup, a crack all the way around the neck just like what happened to the prototype CRT. So now I'm wondering: is running a tube for only a short time creating enough of a temperature gradient across the glass to cause it to crack? Is that even possible?

Meantime, I put the gun in a bag and taped up the neck of the tube. Maybe one day I'll have a chance to put a new gun in it...
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