Does the pix have a slight cloudy look to it or do you mean the phosphor is darker where the pix is scanned. I have seen the fluid become cloudy in the 169 chassis.Sorry the pix in your post does not really answer these questions. Tony Saracco TCS ELECTRONICS 406 Andra Ct. Gilberts, IL 60136 tcselectronics@xxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary McCartney" <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 10:56 AM Subject: [TechAssist] RCA CTC169 proj. lense- is it algae or burn on CRT face? >I have a CTC169 projection in the shop that I replaced the HV splitter. > Now I am cleaning the CRT lenses and I found the green one to have a > smear look to it on the CRT face. The coolant does not seem to have > bubbles or things floating around in it, but it looks like there is > algae on the CRT face. Either that or the face is burned. I have > included a link to a photo I took of the CRT so maybe someone will be > able to tell. > > http://www.number63.ca/crt-lense.jpg > > I've only done a coolant job on one projection, that being an old > Philips set, so I'm not real familar with the symptoms. I didn't notice > any problem with the picture when looking into the lense before I > removed it to clean. Is it worth ripping it apart to change the coolant, > especially with RCA not providing new gaskets? Will I have to do it to > all 3 CRT's to even up the brightness of the picture afterwards (red and > blue don't have this problem but may look worse than a cleaned up green)? > > I've already told customer $250.00 to change the splitter. I'm afraid > he'll want to cancel the whole job if I tell him more money to change > coolant. How much should a job like this be worth, with new HDTV > projections, plasma, etc entering the scene? > > > > > Thanks for any replies. > -- > > > > > Gary McCartney > > McCartney Electronics > Guelph Ontario Canada > Est. 1984 > email: gary (at) number63.ca > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This Email List is Public. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm > Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Email List is Public. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/