My CTC-16XL Project.

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by Yamamaya42

I can see now see why these are better than the original RCA FBTs

https://imgur.com/4QcPFRc

But what blows my mind even more, is that it went for $75 and the seller did not overcharge for it

but damn!
I check every month to see what is out there ... and that one sold on 10/20

I should check more often T_T

The link was to German eBay so it probably sold within Germany to someone who likes to play with HV instead of a TV collector....

[kvflyer]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

The link was to German eBay so it probably sold within Germany to someone who likes to play with HV instead of a TV collector....

Oh NO!!!

[Yamamaya42]

Originally Posted by kvflyer

Oh NO!!!

Originally Posted by Electronic M

The link was to German eBay so it probably sold within Germany to someone who likes to play with HV instead of a TV collector....

That would suck if that's how it really ended up, such a waste.
I wish I would have known back during all the years I had it in storage that the FBT was so prone to toasting itself, I would have gotten a spare when they were easier to find.
But at least now it is running very cool, so much I can't see it on infrared over the heat of the HV rect, and there is a big opening for airflow in the HV-cage, yippee ki yay!!! X-RAYS!

But w/o a spare, I will always have some degree of worry with it, the OEM may last, who knows, or it may not.

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by Yamamaya42

That would suck if that's how it really ended up, such a waste.
I wish I would have known back during all the years I had it in storage that the FBT was so prone to toasting itself, I would have gotten a spare when they were easier to find.
But at least now it is running very cool, so much I can't see it on infrared over the heat of the HV rect, and there is a big opening for airflow in the HV-cage, yippee ki yay!!! X-RAYS!

But w/o a spare, I will always have some degree of worry with it, the OEM may last, who knows, or it may not.

If it runs cool it will probably be fine.

Even the X-ray unshielded sets are not a danger unless you like to keep your body pressed up against the running set for hours on end...at normal viewing distance there should not be anything above background levels present.