[Tubejunke]

I got the horizontal efficiency coil in the mail, but haven't started the project of putting it in yet. I am wondering if there is a way that I can install the coil and have it pre-set if you will, so that the current on the horizontal output tube is not crazy high. I guess I can go through getting a amp meter hooked into the cathode circuit which is evidently what needs to be done anyway to make sure that it's not too high.

But I read in another post someone saying that you want to get the current as low as possible and still have good linearity. With that being said, you would think that you could simply run a set and turn the coil down until you start to see the picture distort and then go slightly back up just to the point of having a correct looking picture. If this were correct it would be a heck of a time saver. Not to sound lazy, but I want to get the set up and running to get a better evaluation of what is going on with it, or not.

I do eventually want to put a fuse in the horizontal output circuit and that would give me a perfect place to put a meter in series with the circuit, but that's a bit down the road. Main thing is I don't want to throw this coil in and be instant red plating.