Re: Arcing in tube on WG 19K6100 monitor

Could also be that you have broken the tip of the tube while moving it.
When the tube gets air in it, you typically see alot of arcing in the
neck.

Noel

Andy Welburn wrote:
>
> could be one of any combination of shorts,
>
> tube rejuvenation would be your first port of call, if you have a decent
> rejuvenator (like mine, BK model 490 ;) then you can sort most shorts out,
> some shorts are irrecoverable tho.
>
> at least the 490 tells you the nature of the short before you tickety boo
> press a button and kill the short :)
>
> Andy Welburn
> www.andys-arcade.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Erik Schneider" <djerikd@comcast.net>
> To: <vectorlist@synthcom.com>
> Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 10:13 PM
> Subject: VECTOR: Arcing in tube on WG 19K6100 monitor
>
> > After moving my Space Duel, the (WG 19K6101) monitor wouldn't work. I
> took a peek in the back and saw a bunch of arcing inside the neck of the CRT
> just forward of the convergence rings. I swapped the tube with my spare
> 6100 and the problem follows the tube. Both 6100 chassis, HV units, and
> neckboards are good
> >
> > So, does this sound like a catastrophic tube failure or something that
> perhaps a tube rejuvination could fix? Any ideas on what exactly might
> cause this or possible remedies?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > - Erik
> >
>
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