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Old 02-08-2021, 12:37 AM
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Originally Posted by bgadow View Post
The General spec'd some of the worst pots on the Portacolors & similar sets. Every one I've had, including the later AA/AB and the larger C2/CE had very flaky controls.

I'm very impressed by that picture; I didn't know that CRT was capable of it!
The original portacolors have a tendency to grow tin whiskers and short out their own pots... after a heap of troubleshooting on one that had a dead IF I finally figured out it was the AGC pot and adjusting it with some contact cleaner brought it back.
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