loud snap, temp blue tint

[DaveWM]

I will have to continue my hunt for a socket, I have an old color brightener that I could sacrifice. I dont like the idea of a brighener anyway.

[radiotvnut]

Yeah; but, I don't know if that brightener socket has a built in spark gap.

[DaveWM]

that's the deal, I dont know how that spark gap is supposed to work.

I am thinking of removing the socket and seeing if I can do some surgery to open it up. It looks like it has 3 plastic pins that have been melted over.

If I drill them out and open the socket maybe I can see what the issue is. I have plenty of micro plastic screws to put it back together again.

[sampson159]

sorry.socket must have a spark gap.zeniths are the best.philco s are good too.

[DaveWM]

pic of the PCB/socket, note brown gunk.

[John Marinello]

I've got ~ 18 color CRT sockets plus 3 brighteners. Anyone wants them, free + shipping.

[DaveWM]

update, since cleaning the socket, there have been no snaps. Not saying it's fixed, only time will tell on that, BUT now I have a new issue.

Vert shakes. starts up fine, but after a few min vert gets a bit jumpy, not enough to break sync, but enough to be annoying.

figure I will start with some cleaing of vert pots, reset IC and transisitors. if that does not do it I will hit it with some cool spray on suspect parts.

Next will be to monitor the B+ around the vert section.

I only recapped the electros that tested bad. maybe I am going to pay for that now.

[sampson159]

pull the 3rd board.the horizontal/vertical module.look for solder breaks around the yoke and convergence plugs.extremely common on those set.vertical will jump and shake.drive you insane.solder those good.those sets were not known to have have any vertical issues other than joints.make sure you put the screws back in or you will get a nice set of lines on the left side of your set.good luck!