Swapped CRT and a ?

[Dan Starnes]

Faint scan lines but a very bright glowing screen. I did not really mess with it when it did that. I will not operate the set till I take the back off and try the ion trap properly on it.

[jeyurkon]

Originally Posted by Dan Starnes

Faint scan lines but a very bright glowing screen. I did not really mess with it when it did that. I will not operate the set till I take the back off and try the ion trap properly on it.

If it was really bright, then I suspect the ion trap might be necessary and other adjustments are needed. I know others don't agree, and I might be wrong.

When you look at it again it might also help to know what the CRT tube base says. If it's the name of a re-builder rather than a name like Tungsol, then the straight gun theory might be right.

John

[cbenham]

Maybe I missed it but I think no one has mentioned something that might be important about the placement of the ion trap. The owner of the TV shop where I worked after high school had me pencil-draw an arrow on the ion trap pointing forward toward the screen before removing it.

If you get the trap on backwards, this makes the magnetic polarity wrong and the trap won't operate correctly. Don't know if this is what's happening here, but thought I'd mention it.

Hope this helps, Cliff