[TechAssist] Re: RCA CTC169 proj. lense- is it algae or burn on CRT face?
- From: "Shoreline Electronics" <jstielau@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 20:25:41 -0400
Looks like Algae to me.......pull the tube and clean it & refill.....better
than to lose the entire job. Won't take too long.
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Jeff Stielau
Shoreline Electronics Repair
344 East Main Street
Clinton,CT 06413
860-399-1861
860-664-3535 (fax)
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From: "Gary McCartney" <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 11:56 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.
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> http://www.number63.ca/crt-lense.jpg
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> 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)?
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> 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?
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> Thanks for any replies.
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> Gary McCartney
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> McCartney Electronics
> Guelph Ontario Canada
> Est. 1984
> email: gary (at) number63.ca
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