RCA 14-S-7070G Horizontal Shrink After Recap

[miniman82]

I know flybacks can hold moisture in them, perhaps yours just needed some operational baking to work well? I saw a video by Shango66 where he put one in a vat of melted wax, and the thing bubbled for a solid 30 minutes!

[fsjonsey]

Originally Posted by miniman82

I know flybacks can hold moisture in them, perhaps yours just needed some operational baking to work well? I saw a video by Shango66 where he put one in a vat of melted wax, and the thing bubbled for a solid 30 minutes!

This flyback looks pretty rough, and the set supposedly spent most of it's life in the deep south, so this makes sense. I watched that shango video too, the amount of water in that flyback was insane.

[fsjonsey]

So I was watching the set last night when I had a sudden, complete loss of vertical deflection. Pulled the back off and noticed that the 6aq5 Vert Multivibrator/Vert Output was red plating. I couldn't hear the characteristic sound of the vert osc running. Popped in another 6AQ5 and the results are identical. Could the Yoke or Vertical output transformer have given up on me, or did one of the new caps I installed suffer a case of infant mortality? I'm going to pull the chassis and have a look around tomorrow when I have time.