21CT55 Screen-Shot Test

[Tomcomm]

Not to worry,Tom. That was an early iteration, the only good photo I had.
The HV rectifier is a 3A3 in the pix not a 3A2, you had that wrong. As for the paper caps....I don't replace stuff that works. Whats your hang up on the damper? It was mounted with the CTC 20 FBT for convenience.

Get a life, this thing has been running off and on for 8 years now with no failures. This 21CT55 is the only tube TV I've got. We've grown old together.

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by Tomcomm

The HV rectifier is a 3A3 in the pix not a 3A2, you had that wrong.

The HV rectifiers shown in that pic ARE 3A2s...3A2s are 9-pin minature types 3A3s are bakelite base octals there is no mistaking what is pictured. You may have 3A3s in it now but when you took that pic there were 3A2s in it.

Originally Posted by Tomcomm

As for the paper caps....I don't replace stuff that works.

By that logic I assume you are still running 60's vintage Valvoline oil in your Olds Healy...Running paper dielectric caps in a TV these days is about the same as taking a barn find car that hasn't had a fluid change in 60 years and running the original fluids till it ceases or the engine block cracks...Actually, you already experienced the TV equivalent when you burnt up your flyback some years ago.

Originally Posted by Tomcomm

Whats your hang up on the damper? It was mounted with the CTC 20 FBT for convenience.

Well you can close the HV cage and hide the new damper, but it still will look weird if the old socket is empty, and you or anyone servicing the set in the future could plug the yoke into the wrong scoket by mistake.

Originally Posted by Tomcomm

Get a life, this thing has been running off and on for 8 years now with no failures.

If my opinion on your posts is unwelcome I'm perfectly content to let you continue to publicly talk to yourself (as you primarily have been in this thread) mindlessly reposting old pictures we've already seen and repeatedly asking an uninterested pack of crickets for a response...Shine on ya crazy diamond-Pink Floyd

[Tomcomm]

How many Videokarma members see 3A3 rectifiers in my photo postings?
Actually I used CTC-20 3A3A hi voltage and 3A2 focus.

Tom's comments about "paper capacitors" was a matter of his preference.
His OldsHealey comment refers to my life's major hoby project that is still
competitive with Shelby's 427 Cobra! What might his life's magor project be?

As for Tom's rag about my repeated posting various shared photos was
mindless and completely unfair. I was attempting to find a replacement
for Photo Bucket photo sharing. Sorry for anyone's inconvenience.

The winters must be pretty long and cold in Pewaukee/Delafield to keep
Tom entertained, eh...........Tom

[Tomcomm]

Apart from all the noise, does any member know of a successful flyback transformer
transplant actually performed on an original 21CT55 with a much later donor
flyback system install? Just curious........... Mindless Tomcomm

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by Tomcomm

How many Videokarma members see 3A3 rectifiers in my photo postings?
Actually I used CTC-20 3A3A hi voltage and 2AV2 focus, both are backlite
based octals that were pretty obvious in the photo.

The only octals in that photo in the HV cage are the damper and HV regulator...Look at it closer.

Originally Posted by Tomcomm

Tom's comments about "paper capacitors" was a matter of his preference.

Replacing ALL paper capacitors: the 'preference' of >90% of all TV and radio collectors who repair their equipment....If cooking the original flyback didn't teach you a lesson I suppose nothing I (an ELectrical Engineer) or others in past threads say will ever get through to you.

Originally Posted by Tomcomm

As for Tom's rag about my repeated posting various shared photos was
mindless and completely unfair. I was attempting to find a replacement
for Photo Bucket photo sharing. Sorry for anyone's inconvenience.

Would you agree that facts are fair? Going back through this thread you've been trying to "find a replacement for Photo Bucket" since 11-10-2017 and have made over 70 posts to that end in that time... I just created a new flickr account (since my old one was full) in 10 minutes and confirmed it works with an edit to one post...Comparatively speaking is it not something of a joke to take what ammounts to 1.3 years and over 70 posts and STILL not be done with the same task I just did in 10min?

Originally Posted by Tomcomm

The winters must be pretty long and cold in Pewaukee/Delafield to keep
Tom entertained, eh...........Tom

It was 54 here today and there are a variety of things inside and out I could better spend my time on than trying to show you reality.