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Originally Posted by Yamamaya42
How it normally works is, Steve will give a ballpark cost for the tube ( item + shipping & packing ), while the check inventory, this can sometimes take a while as they are only at the location on the weekend.
In the meantime, you can use this time to go over your set with a fine tooth comb, looking for any damage, be it a direct cause of, or a secondary symptom of this CRT failure.
This can include CRT socket & wiring and related circuits.
Flyback transformer & HV elated circuits including boost and focus.
Deflection yoke and related circuits, while paying close attention to the horizontal windings, there is a great deal of voltage potential on these windings, and if anything went wrong here, ( shorted turn, or short to dag etc ) , it has a chance of creating a hotspot, and could crack the neck.
Not saying that this is what happened to you but, you wanna be SURE that it did not!  |
I think that's what I'm going to do, and also finish the final touches on the Bugeye TV.
Thanks for the heads up, as like I said this is the first time I've ever gotten this heavily involved in repairing TVs, in the past I've only ever done minor repairs like vertical and horizontal hold adjustments on 1980s TVs and or replacing blown fuses in TVs that were inadvertently shorted by the power cord being partially unplugged from the wall and a metal legged chair shorting up against the plug, or adjusting picture and color adjustments on TVs.
Besides my Meck and my RCA and now these Zeniths I'm relatively new to repairing tube powered TVs (I've only ever repaired Solid State TVs up to that point.)