My first spontaneous CRT implosion.

[dr.ido]

I had my first spontaneous CRT implosion the other day.



The set is a Rank Area C2601 from 1975 - Locally assembled from imported kits, these were one of the first color sets available in Australia. I picked this one up of the side of the road a couple of weeks ago, but I hadn't got around to doing anything with it yet. It had been sitting on the shelf untouched.



I was in another part of the building when I heard the bang.



The LCD survived the incident.



The force pushed broke the back cover off it's mounts.



The CRT was a Thomas Electronics rebuild.



The yoke and clover leaf were damaged, but the chassis while full of glass particles seems to be ok.



The remains of the shadowmask.



It's is hard to see in the picture, but the join is uneven - not that I've seen many rebuilds, so this maybe normal.