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Mr Fixer, I beleive the Sony sets you refer too were the ones from the 70's with the word "ECONOQUICK" proudly emblazened on the front under the speaker. Never has there been a larger misnomer in the history of television! The HOT you refer to was probly the SG-603 used in this pos. It is actually a type of scr called a "gate controlled Switch" A dist. in Md at the time would gladely sell you one for $64 + s&h - I bought one and the set played for 10 min. before it smoked one of it's 2!! flybacks. Long enough to see that the crt was crap also. Lesson Learned. Sony has left a bad taste in my mouth ever since. Thay did actually become easier to service going into the 80's though still querky. BTW, I have read some where that the SG-603 could be replaced with a run of the mill plastic case HOT. I run across another one of thse in the future with absolutely nothing else to do, I might just give the NPN HOT a shot - nothing to loose.
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