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I bet it ran as long as it did because it was indoors all its life. My blond CTC11 (like yours) was the same way, then I moved to a space that was not so conditioned and got near freezing, still using it gently and at least monthly, but the caps finally started to go open and it was obvious in the raster. I have not turned it on since, knowing I have to do the full-monty on it.
I usually found the first PS cap C1A, 80 uf @ 450 volts, was the only one leaky. Often too, a can with three 450v sections and one section at 25v, such as the 50 uf at the contrast control, only that one section goes open. Its really a crap-shoot so I change them all.
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Last edited by DavGoodlin; 08-22-2018 at 02:58 PM.
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