Re: Tempest Problem

From: John Robertson <jrr_at_flippers.com>
Date: Sun Aug 08 1999 - 22:21:07 EDT

Matt!

Be careful here, 30KV is the bottom end for starting to produce XRAYs!
Disconnect the filament in the tube until you resolve this...Then measure
the across the regulator with an ohmmeter, I suspect it is shorted out
somehow, perhaps a solder blob...

John :-#)#

At 02:36 PM 8/8/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Actually it's a monitor problem.
>
>I was working on the high voltage PCB by putting in a Zannen cap kit. I
>followed the instructions REALLY carefully. When I put the monitor in - I
>first went to adjust the high voltage to a nice 19.5 KV at the anode on
>the crt - instead I'm getting 30Kv and I really can't adjust it too much.
>The other thing is - I plugged the board in to to see if any picture would
>at least show up. The game works, just no picture whatsoever.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>
>Matt

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Received on Sun Aug 8 21:21:54 1999

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