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Old 02-15-2023, 08:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Electronic M View Post
If the safety caps on these fail HV can climb over 100KV and heat the CRT till it cracks. Repair techs of the 70s modular era will tell you that it wasn't uncommon for it to saw off the neck and the yoke to drop off when that happened and the owner wasn't in the room to stop it quick enough...
I don't think in retrospect that was the problem with this set, no signs or smells of overheating or ozone production or anything else unusual other than the bottled arcing.
Still, good to know.
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