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Originally Posted by jpdylon
..."The Practical Handbook of TV Repairs" written by Art Margolis. I see one occasionally in a used bookstore....
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Found one for sale online, am ordering today. I can't wait to get into it!
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Originally Posted by jpdylon
...The rest of the caps should be replaced before you attempt to operate the set any further...
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Any recommendations on a place to special order these capacitors from? Can I give them a laundry list and have them build all I need?
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Originally Posted by jpdylon
As to the random picture cutting in and out, do you hear any snaping, hissing, or smell ozone? The flashes of streaks sounds as thoug you have an arcing problem in the high voltage supply. It could also be a screen or focus control that is burned. Don't use the set until the problem is isolated. Take the back off and blow all the dust out throughly. YOu may be able to see traces of arcing around the screen controls under the chassis and or inside the HV cage.
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I think I hear a faint snap when the pic goes out. Then a high-pitched noise as the tube comes back in, and then it seems fairly normal. Traces of arcing would be black, burned marks? is that right? I will look for those. Do you have any images showing an example of arc damage?
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Originally Posted by jpdylon
But above all please remember that these sets have anywhere from 200 to 25,000 volts lurking around inside. THe CRT stores energy like a large capacitor, so be sure to discharge the CRT before working around hazardous parts.
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Any clue how to discharge the CRT? I had been warned about this before. Don't know how to discharge it though. There's what appears to be a loose wire dangling from the back of both of these CRT's - is this some sort of grounding cable to discharge it?
Actually, there's a story about that. These units have holes in the bottom, probably for ventilation, and one of the screens was off of mine. Well I had two kittens when I first bought the set, and while I was enjoying it (before the snap-out problem began) way back then, one of those kittens climbed into the set. I had a panicky 5 minutes where I shut the set off, ran around the house finding a socket that would fit the screws in back, and hurried to get the back off as fast as I could. There she was inside, sitting innocently, sniffing about 5 inches away from the tube. *whew* Put a box underneath to cover the hole after that.