Thread: Old TV x-ray exposure
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Old 05-27-2007, 09:36 AM
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Xray radiation is related to anode voltage, so the main risk was from color sets, which use 20-25 kv. The radiation was both from the CRT and the hv shunt regulator tube.

B & W sets, which typically used 10-15 kv, were not an issue.
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