my crt exploded, 56 packard bell

[jbivy]

Originally Posted by holmesuser01

Did you remove the tube while you were restoring? I never tightened up the CRT bands terribly tight. Just snug.

Glad you had no more damage than you did. An imploding CRT makes glass go everywhere.

The crt was removed when I replaced the caps and resistors. The cushion on the band was a rotted mess, so i replaced that with three strips of inner tube. I dont think i over tightened it. It was a bit loose and i had to do a tad more. The set worked fine for two years, (used every few months) till disaster struck.

Yep, probably came darn close to 97 in the house. Old brick house that an ice box in winter and a furnace in the summer. Im just going to say the expansion/contraction was to blame, somehow.

Or voodoo. Perhaps i ticked off a witch doctor.