1980 Sears (Sanyo) 25" Console TV CRT Problem

Originally Posted by ischmidt

FWIW, my parents bought a late 60s Zenith rectangular console in '81 or so that had just had a brand new CRT installed and it snapped intermittently with a brief loss of picture (don't know if there was accompanying neck activity) for at least the first 6 months. The tech they bought it from said it was normal behavior, and the set played fine for a decade after that.

That is EXACTLY what this is doing! Well that makes me feel better

The neck activity only occurred in setup line mode... not at all running regularly.


I honestly believe this is the case, and I'm just going to let it run. It has only been ran for 15 minutes total after repairing the relay problem last night. This tube is probably 30+ years old and being powered on for the first time