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Old 06-25-2010, 06:30 PM
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I had a SS 1970's Philco that would make a loud snap now and then, it would ruin the CRT in a month or two.

Turned out to be a bad CRT socket arcing over from the Focus pin, essentially "rejuvenating" the tube over and over until the cathode was stripped.
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