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Old 08-08-2016, 05:39 AM
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Originally Posted by TUD1 View Post
Something is definitely going on with this thing. When the set is cool, it has plenty of brightness range, but as it warms up, the picture gets dimmer and dimmer until it fades out completely. At first, I thought it was the brightness pot, but now I'm not so sure. It takes about 7 minutes to completely fade to nothing. Let it sit for 20 minutes, and the brightness comes back.
What is happening to the High Voltage as the set is on for a few minutes? Is it fading? At the risk of saying the obvious, you may want to change some of the capacitors, especially electrolytic ones.

Just a thought.
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