Replacement picture tube out of warranty?
In article , Dave Plowman
writes
They're pulling your plonker. I can't think of any tube fault that would
cause a zig-zag pattern - or to cause the SMPS to shut down the set.
It's quite common. A cathode short in one of the RGB guns will cause
the entire screen to turn that colour, and the zig-zag pattern is the
retrace lines. As the cathodes are fed from a ~200v supply, the load
caused by a short on this can cause the PSU to go into shutdown to
protect itself.
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