Muntz And The Missing Damper Tube

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Originally Posted by Don Lindsly

For starters:

1. The tube and socket cost less.
2. The rectifier action produced a boost voltage that was used elsewhere in the circuits.
3. The RC combination wasted more current.

I'm sure the forum members will come up with others.

In most "how a tv works" books they explain how the damper circuit is kind
of a energy recovery scheme... Using stored energy in the yoke and timing
capacitor to provide half the sweep for each line.

So not only would the RC waste power as already stated, but the Horiz Output tube
and transformer would have to be of higher power dissipation if the damper
option was not used... Some books go into detail, and say the power
required for a no-damper setup would be more than what you would think at
just 2X... But would be 3X to 4X..... Look up horiz deflection circuits
and chose links that go to google books they are pretty good....

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