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Kirk S.
 
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Ok...

Voltages to the crt board and drive transistors all appear normal according
to the PhotoFacts. In the +125 to +140 range. The +212 volt source is
measuring at about 193 volts. Is this the cause of my problems? I
disconnected the crt board and the screen was totally black.

Kirk S.
"Kirk S." wrote in message
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Art.

Thanks for the info. The drive and output transistors are on the main

board
and I hoped that by swapping some signals on the crt board, it would

reveal
the problem. I don't have a signal generator or any way to display a
picture other than snow which I would assume would be black and white.

The
OSD is green as is the snow. I have an old CRT tester (B&K 465) however

no
adaptor for the tube. I may try to build one out of an old crt board
socket..

My multimeter shows about +20vac at each of the crt cathodes. That seems

a
bit low since the Sams PF shows +160vac on them. I'm gonna try my scope

on
the signals and see what sort of peak readings I get.

I have a tube/yoke from another set however the crt numbers are totally
different: A63AAX02X vs A63KTM96X. Something tells me that I can't swap

'em
and probably would pull my hair out trying to get a decent picture even if

I
could.

I'll go back to the Sams PF and check voltages at the transistors. One
thing I did note is that the red and blue both have higher voltages on the
schematic, does this mean the blue and red are adjustable while the green

is
set to a reference? Or am I just nutz?

Kirk S.
"Art" wrote in message
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Drive transistors, jungle ic, video outputs, etc. What potentials do you
have at the cathodes, drive and output transistors??
"Kirk S." wrote in message
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Hi all,

Thought I had this one figured out as an H/K short however, I'm

wrong...

a) isolated heater and picture is still green
b) swapped red/green signals to the crt board and still green
c) voltages to the crt board for red/green/blue all similar

Next step is to lift the final resistor to the green cathode and swap

with
red or blue. Perhaps look at the cathode voltages with an o-scope? I
didn't find any shorts between the cathodes and heater terminals on

the
crt
board.

If I don't have an H/K short, what would cause a green picture? I do

not
have full on w/retrace lines as I would have expected. Could

something
have
shifted in the CRT to only have the green phosphors hit? Spark gap

bad?

Suggestions?

Thanks!

Kirk S.