My BZ cabaret monitor had a blooming problem too, and it was
NOS! I was afraid I'd have to spend a lot of money and search
time on getting a new HV diode. Instead, I tried installing a
cap kit. It did the trick.
Here's hoping it's the same for you!
-aramos
On Thursday, September 12, 2002, at 01:53 PM, Commander Dave wrote:
> Greetings all,
>
> I have a Battlezone mini monitor (Electrohome G05-805 15" B&W)
> that still
> has a "blooming" problem. It's not the board set as it has done
> this with 3
> different boards.
>
> I have replaced the HV diode (VARO H1809 with a VARO H1812 - I
> couldn't find
> a H1809), but it still happens after warmup. It seems to expand in all
> directions, but horizontal seem a little more than the vertical.
>
> I think I have realized what started it doing this. Not having read the
> vector FAQ's, I discharged the monitor without any resistors in
> series (10 x
> 100K Ohm) so I think that I not only blew the original HV
> diode, but may be
> some other parts as well. Note that I did not discharge it with
> the new HV
> diode installed.
>
> I have ordered a cap kit from Bob Roberts and am hoping that it
> will solve
> my problem, but if anyone has any suggestions I would greatly
> appreciate it!
> I need to get this one up and running! <argh! - panic in the streets!>
>
-- Anthony Ramos -- aramos@ele-mental.org / aramos@hyperreal.org phone: 503.236.6303 / mobile: 503.267.3519 600 Southeast 39th Avenue #3, Portland, Oregon 97214 USA --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** To UNSUBSCRIBE from vectorlist, send a message with "UNSUBSCRIBE" in the ** message body to vectorlist-request@synthcom.com. Please direct other ** questions, comments, or problems to vectorlist-owner@synthcom.com.Received on Thu Sep 12 20:28:37 2002
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