magnavox t80908 problem

[radiotvnut]

BTW, the safety capacitor is supposed to show a short between each set of end terminals; but, it should not show a short from end-to-end. If you have to go with an orange drop capacitor, simply bridge each set of end terminals together. About 8-10 years ago, one of these came in for repair and I fixed it by using orange drops in parallel to get the right value. It worked and the set didn't come back to bite me; so, I guess it held up. Most of the time, that cap will short and trip the circuit breaker; but, they will sometimes open and cause the HV to skyrocket. When this happens, the neck of the CRT will usually be cut off (Zenith had a big problem with this on the early Chromacolor II sets).