RE: 6101 Def Board Prob

If you run an XY monitor in the cabinet with the output transistors
unplugged you will destroy the driver transistors and probably some
resistors and other bits will blow up as well. BUT you can run an XY
monitor with the inputs shorted to ground and the YOKE ONLY unplugged with
no risk to the electronics, or far less risk as there is no load for them
to try and sink vast amounts of current (whatever the power supply can
deliver without blowing up itself), which is also the reason to install the
LV2000 kit!

John :-#)#

At 08:53 AM 9/19/00, Jenison Mark-QA3578 wrote:
>John,
>
> > NEVER NEVER NEVER run an XY monitor with the deflection
> > transistors out of
> > circuit unless you really like letting the smoke out of numerous
> > components.
>
>I guess you need to clarify this statement for me a bit more; I'm not sure
>what you mean by this.
>
>It is safe to disconnect everything from the deflection board and run it by
>itself (as shown in the installation instructions for the LV2000
>http://www.diac.com/~jeffh/lv2000/). I don't know how much help it is for
>debugging it this way, but it might be helpful, and sure is a lot easier to
>work on this way.
>
>--
>Mark Jenison
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