RCA CTC-16XL Suggestions/Tips

[Rocket]

Originally Posted by Yamamaya42

what i mean is, if its an HV AC related problem, and has the 15khz sound, its likely FB arc related. but if its more static crackle, like noise its more likely to be DC related, which could even be a crt grounding issue.

Also with an AC arc you get an ozone smell most of the time.

as he said w/o being able to look inside with it running, its hard to tell what is going on.

Oh I see! Most interesting and cool to know! Thanks for explaining how everything works : ) I sure appreciate it Yamamaya!

I was able to check out that video, he has some cool videos. I'd say I was getting the noise he had when he hooked up the horizontal tube, not the noise when he jumped the Sparks with the screw driver. I do see the difference now.

It's almost dark here, so I am going to fire up the set before long and see what happens