Zenith Projector 1985

[JesusJones]

Found this CRT projector at a garage sale. It was only 10$ and I hoped it would be something simple that was wrong with it.

After cleaning the entire thing and powering it on. You can hear a loud crinkly/static noise coming from the HV area right after powering up. Like most Tv's do (I think this is normal, and mention it for elimination from troubleshooting)

The other thing I hear is a buzzing/ticking from near the power supply's transformer. This starts a couple seconds after powering on. Either the power supply is screwy. Or something else is making the power supply trip out. One thought was the large 680uf 200 volt capacitor. It's large and looks just slightly bulgy. Anyone think a 28 year old cap would dry up?

I have also seen the crt's flash when you flick the power off. (mainly the red one)

I post this here because the projector is basically a color TV but it has a CRT for each color. And should be similar in trouble shooting.

Here's a picture of a working one. Anyone remember ever watching one of these?
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3248/...0c5e4c.jpg?v=0

Thanks for reading
Rudy