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I have a 27" CTC169 in the living room that was being tossed by a repair shop. All it needed were some caps in the power supply to rectify an excessive B+/shutdown issue and it now probably runs 10 hours a day. The CRT is showing it's age a little; but, not that bad.
My Mother has been commenting about how good some of the new TV's look; but, I think I've convinced her that it's best to keep the old sets that I can fix rather than paying out a bunch of money in order to see someone's nasal hairs until the new TV dies a violent death in a few short years. People often laugh at me for watching such old TV's; but, I tell them that I'll have the last laugh when mine are still going while they're on their 3rd flatscreen in a 6 year period.
Tomorrow, I'll ohm meter check those ballast and see if one is shorted.
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