Re: G05 Deflection Board Repaired

> > ----------
> > From: Mark Spaeth[SMTP:mspaeth@arcade.ne.mediaone.net]
> >
> > Just wanted to announce my first successful G05 deflection board repair.
> ...
> > How often to those high wattage resistors fail? I've seen them
> > replaced on quite a few deflection boards now, but wouldn't expect
> > them to be a major failure mode...
> >
> Don't worry about. You should have just chopped them out and
> put a jumper in each of their places. I did it last week for an AD
> that went blank because one of them had opened up.
> It's an accepted practice, check Deja.

I know it probably won't make a big difference, but it seems like that
resistor is needed to feedback the yoke drive current to the input
diff pair, and replacing it with a short will cause a bit of distortion.

Would be interesting to see how noticable that distortion is...
Received on Mon Dec 20 00:01:56 1999