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Old 04-05-2016, 09:32 AM
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I can't seem the get the CRT to completely light up. No matter how much I play with the ion trap or focus cool, it still on lights up the top half. Any thoughts?
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Old 04-05-2016, 09:52 AM
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Is the ion trap magnet actually good? I seem to remember encountering one where the magnet itself had cracked and most of it had fallen out.

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Old 04-05-2016, 09:54 AM
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The hv is only at 4-5k, so I'll start trying to figure out why it is low. Maybe the correct hv, around 10-11k will help this out.
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Old 04-05-2016, 09:55 AM
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It seems fine to me, I don't see any damage at all.
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Old 04-05-2016, 06:33 PM
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I can't seem the get the CRT to completely light up. No matter how much I play with the ion trap or focus cool, it still on lights up the top half. Any thoughts?
Is the crt a 14BP4a? If it is you may not need an ion trap. Also make sure the focus coil is properly connected to the B+, check continuity of focus
coil.
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Old 04-10-2016, 03:32 PM
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All I can seem to get is this curved horizontal line. I can hear the station tuned into and flickering of this line. Is it possible my vertical output transformer is bad?
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Old 04-10-2016, 03:34 PM
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Forgot the picture...
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Old 04-10-2016, 05:05 PM
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Looks like your vertical deflection circuits aren't working. Instead of a full raster from top to bottom, you have the classic horizontal stripe.

Don't run it for long periods with that bright horizontal line, or it may burn a dark strip across your CRT.

Have you replaced any parts on this TV? If not, caps in the vertical seem like a good starting place.

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Old 04-10-2016, 06:45 PM
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Yes all caps, including the electrolytics, have been replaced. And I thought this was going to be an easy set...
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Old 04-12-2016, 11:25 PM
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This is the best I can get it. Any changing of the ion trap, yoke or focus coil only makes it worse or gives me a horizontal line. I'm confused on what's happening or where to look next....any thoughts here?
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