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Originally Posted by Trance88
I'll definitely give it a look. Hopefully this is one of the lucky ones that doesn't have that problem.
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It's not really a big deal. I never recall seeing a bad transformer, just bad connections on it. Usually, you will notice rings around the connections on the bottom of the PCB.
Back when Magnavox came out with that transformer, I replaced several shorted horizontal output transistors that shorted back out in a few weeks. The "tech team" in the Greenville, TN service department printed a service bulletin about the issue, and advised resoldering all 8 connections. Once I picked up on that, there were never any more problems.
If I remember correctly, they started using that type of transformer near the end of the "C" series chassis, and kept on using them until close to the end of production.