Maggie Home Entertainment Center

[holmesuser01]

I backed the H-K short CRT up to the back of the set and moved the yolk and extended the HV connection and grounded the strap back to the chassis. Fired up the chassis. The neck of the tube glows bright blue. Not that violet white when it has gone to air, but bright blue. The filament connection is being supplied by my little transformer. The pic on the screen is very smeary and dark. Its running now. Its been on for a couple of hours now, and nothing is changing on the screen. Its running on a 1A fuse, in case something might happen.

More good news! Another tube has been located in Tx. He tested it on his tester and it shows good. He's hunting down a box for shipping, but as far as I am concerned, the deal is done.

So, for this afternoon, the set is running. I've got my animals locked out of the room... I'd hate to have to deal with fried kitties in the TV!! I'm dimly watching Sunset Blvd starring the incredible Gloria Swanson from a VHS tape.

The tuner has new tubes in it. Both of the originals get really touchy after they have been on for an hour or so... I can touch the tube itself and it will clear up. The replacement tubes are not doing this at all, and the picture is slightly better, but is still smeary. With the original tube hooked up, it's not smeary at all.

The blue neck continues. I've seen this in the past, but often the blueness would fade away, mostly. I'm letting it run anyway.