Re: Amp flyback install issue.

According to the 13" Manual, HV over voltage is set at 25kv, and the HV is
set at 19.5kv. Sounds pretty much the same to me. So I should be good.

On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 1:57 PM, Rodger Boots <rlboots2@gmail.com> wrote:

> A 13" tube might run with lower high voltage, otherwise shouldn't be a
> difference.
> ------------------------------
> *From: * Kevin Moore <talon.k@gmail.com>
> *Date: *Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:22:05 -0500
> *To: *<vectorlist@vectorlist.org>
> *Subject: *Re: VECTOR: Amp flyback install issue.
>
> well it's a Red, and there is a nice little bulge on the side where it
> looks like it's gotten hot. So it's a good bet it's toast. After looking at
> the circuit a bit more, one side of the MCI is DC voltage so there should be
> no problem doing a remote mount there. However the other side does get
> frequency so I'm going to try to keep the wire length to a min. Also after
> looking at the problem from a different angle. I may be able to mount the
> MCI on the solder side, by using eyelet inserts, so as to have something to
> solder to from the other side. It will require raising the Deflection/HV
> board up a bit more in the monitor housing, which may be doable. Depends on
> how close it moves it to the CRT.
>
> You are correct about the flyback not being mentioned as compatible with
> the 13" I don't really see a reason why it wouldn't be though. It will be
> fun finding out :) I'll have to take some pictures, and post them as I do
> this. In the rare case that someone else may try to do this. Plus I've got
> another 13" amp I need to rebuild as well. So hopefully this goes well.
>
> Kevin
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Mark Shostak <shostakmark@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Kevin,
>>
>> It may be academic, as that flyback isn't advertised to be compatible with
>> the 13" Amplifone. I'm assuming you haven't seen anything that said
>> otherwise (let me know if I'm wrong).
>>
>> I looked in to that some time ago, and found based on the part numbers,
>> they are two different parts. Therefore, compatibility is YMMV at best.
>>
>> That said, I don't have a 13" Amplifone to test it in, and AFAIK, no one
>> else has tried it, so I think you're the first.
>>
>> Are you sure the original flyback is bad? There's no data to determine if
>> the failure rates were as high on the 13" version as they were on the
>> 19"/25" version.
>>
>> Keep us posted on what you find.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -Mark
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 10:14 PM, Kevin Moore <talon.k@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Well there's not much room in the HV cage. So I would have to mount it
>>> outside the cage. So at a minimum I would have to add about 3" of wire
>>> leads.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 9:43 PM, Rodger Boots <rlboots2@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Relocate MC1?
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>> *From: * Kevin Moore <talon.k@gmail.com>
>>>> *Date: *Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:16:06 -0500
>>>> *To: *<vectorlist@vectorlist.org>
>>>> *Subject: *VECTOR: Amp flyback install issue.
>>>>
>>>> Trying to install a Cinelabs amp flyback in a 13" Amp. Unfortunately the
>>>> false FA adjust hits the MC1. So you can't get the pins and the holes to
>>>> line up.
>>>>
>>>> What's behind the false FA adjust. Is it possible to file away the
>>>> portion that hits the MC1??
>>>>
>>>> any other ideas?
>>>>
>>>> Kevin
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>

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