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Author Topic: Checking chassis voltages outside of game?  (Read 866 times)

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Checking chassis voltages outside of game?
« on: June 03, 2013, 09:37:26 pm »
Sorry if this is a dumb question, but can I turn on the chassis without it being hooked up to the tube?  Some of the voltages are too hard to measure with the chassis in the game. I realize the anode plug from the fly back would need to be FAR away from anyone/anything.

Chassis is a Kortek 2182 and tube is a 29"...so not the easiest tube to pull from the cab.


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Re: Checking chassis voltages outside of game?
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2013, 05:50:26 pm »
NO.  You can't do that (at least not without some fairly specialized equipment and procedures).  25-30kV is not to be trifled with, and without a proper load (the tube and yoke), everything will be so far out of whack that your measurements will be useless, anyway (not to mention probably destroy other parts of the board).

If you can't take the measurements with the monitor in the cabinet, the best option is to just remove the whole monitor and run it on a bench.  I'm assuming you don't have an identical tube/yoke to test with on your bench, at least.