11 May
2015
11 May
'15
9:55 a.m.
On 05/11/2015 11:22 AM, tony duell wrote:
[...]
The CRT end is soldered to three terminals which protrude from the front of
the CRT - one is presumably the normal anode connection, one related to the
storage mesh which I gather that such tubes have, and I'm not sure about
the third (but possibly to do with erase functionality? I've not found an
explanation of how that typically works)
However, there's a flexible plastic strip
running between the CRT face and
the chassis which carries three lines (it's a storage tube rather than a
conventional CRT) and I'm still getting periodic arcing across these lines
which of course upsets the display's operation. As far as I can tell,
there's no 'sandwich' (and hence glue) involved - it's just a single
plastic strip with conductive traces drawn onto it.
What does this strip connect to? Is it part of the CRT (or connected to the CRT), does
it connect to a coil around the CRT, or what? I am wondering if there is something else leaking or
flashing over which is causing
excessive voltage to appear here.
Hmm, yes it could be that the HV is just too high and so it arcs over
periodically (and by "periodically", it actually spends more time arcing
than not) - although there's no obvious sign (change in brightness etc.) in
terms of the displayed image immediately prior to it flashing over.
cheers
Jules