[Eric H]

I wonder just how critical these integrators are?

I have two sets that I know have bad integrators, one has a broken center lead, the other measures completely out of spec yet both have stable vertical.

I forgot to fix the one with the broken lead (Sylvania) and put the set back together, touching it to where it was supposed to go only made a slight shift in the picture anyhow so I didn't feel like taking it apart again, the other one (Wilcox-Gay) i just left alone (i had made up one from parts and tacked it on but removed it).

I know you can build them out of individual components (most older sets have them made that way anyhow, always 8200 ohm resistors too.) but I was wondering what exactly are they supposed to do?
Maybe in the two cases here they were working enough to pass sync but were lacking in some other way?

Seems like you would have no sync at all without them?