Re: Tempest K6100 - intermittent HV problem

Hey John, I have a spare HV probe. $30 + shipping. What's your zip code?

Kevin

On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 9:53 PM, John Huie <jehuie@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Wow, a mailing list....it's been a long time! Ok, can anyone help with a
> technical issue?
>
> I rebuilt my Tempest K6100 monitor. Full cap kit including lots of extra
> goodies from Zanen. LV2000. New flyback. Had trouble for a bit and then
> replaced the zeners on the HV section and it worked beautifully.
>
> For a few days.
>
> Now, sometimes it works beautifully. But sometimes, when I turn it on it
> plays blind. Powering down repeatedly eventually causes it to work. And once
> it works, it stays working.
>
> Any thoughts on where to start? I've reflowed solder everywhere I can think
> of so I don't think it's cold-solder. I've jiggled and shaken things to see
> if it acts like a loose connection, but nothing.
>
> When it's playing blind I have deflection chatter. Spot killer is off.
> But...my B+ has dropped from 180 back down to 24 volts. Which is right where
> it was before I "fixed" it by replacing the zeners. I can replace them
> again. They are about 25 cents each so no big deal. But....not sure if that
> would help and even if it does something else seems to be wrong since these
> are brand new.
>
> HELP! And thanks in advance. Incidentally, I also posted this on KLOV in
> the monitors repair section but haven't had much response. I think it's
> really hard to trace these intermittent problems. Right now it's
> playing....and the HV looks good. But next time...all bets are off.
>

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Received on Thu May 13 11:30:16 2010