Filament Transformer

[bgadow]

I am working on bringing back a Pilot TV-37. I have taken the crt filament out of the circuit and during troubleshooting have been running it from a bench power supply. I want to run a filament transformer. I've read that a 600 ma is appropriate. I have a NOS transformer but rated at about 1.5a. My concern is that space is tight, and hey, I might need that heavier unit for some future project! Question: do modern black box monitors & tv sets use seperate filament transformers? If so, would they be up to this task? Regulated close enough? (converted wall warts occured to me, but I know some can run away sometimes) I guess this shows how familiar I am with this modern junk! I had a 9" solid state Philco-Ford with a busted crt so I dug it out but found it to use a 12v filament & a larger transformer powering other things. If modern stuff does have the right transformer I shouldn't have much trouble finding one for free.