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- From: mustafa@seas.smu.edu (Mustafa Kocaturk)
- Subject: Re: Problem with TV
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.074257.21926@seas.smu.edu>
- Summary: Maybe an EHT generator problem
- Keywords: EHT electric discharge spark
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- References: <1992Dec28.194342.25050@comp.lancs.ac.uk>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 07:42:57 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec28.194342.25050@comp.lancs.ac.uk> ega029@comp.lancs.ac.uk (Lami Kaya) writes:
- >
- >Hi,
- >
- >I have got an old colour TV set. When it is left on for more than
- >an hour, the picture gets distorted and the colour of the screen
- >changes to some strange mixture, also you can hear 'chat chut'
- >sounds, as if something is burning inside. I am not intending to
- >repair the set, but I would be pleased if I knew the reason/s for
- >these problems, any suggestion?
-
- This sounds like a temperature-drift or an adjustment problem in
- either the main power regulator circuit or in the extra
- high tension (EHT) generator/horizontal deflection circuit combi-
- nation. The sounds probably come from sparks arising from inade-
- quate insulation in the extra high tension circuitry, especially
- in the thick cable that is attached to the tube at some point on
- its side. This cable carries approximately twenty-five thousand
- (25000) volts to the front inner coating of the picture tube.
- Bare conductors carrying this high a voltage must be kept at
- least five centimeters away from any other conductor to avoid
- leakage and sparks under a wide range of air moisture levels.
-
- It seems that the EHT is not adequately insulated, or the EHT
- generator is misadjusted such that it generates more voltage than
- it has to. In either case, sparks and excessive leakage will oc-
- cur. The sparks produce ozone, which is a poisonous gas with a
- garlic odour. Leakage through plastic, bakelite, and phenolic
- materials used for insulation, on the other hand, produce organic
- gases with typical odours.
-
- The remedy is to have a repair technician check the EHT circuit
- starting from the tube, towards the EHT rectifier, the EHT
- transformer and the horizontal deflection/EHT driving electron-
- ics. The main power supply may have to be checked, too. They
- may be found to be "fubar" (fouled up beyond all recognition).
- Do not attempt to repair it yourself if you do not know what
- 25000 volts stored in a TV tube can do, not to mention the
- various voltages up to 250 VDC travelling around the printed
- circuit boards. The latter are even more dangerous because
- they can supply larger currents.
-
- (To avoid such problems altogether, use a LCD pocket TV :-)
-
- >
- >Lami
-
- A happy new year to all,
-
- Mustafa
-
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