RE: WG6100 party lights!

Steve,
******

 Wow, Party Lights Eh,,,,,, Cool,,, Seriously Though.....

 I presume that you Double Checked All Connections for
any possible Shorts to Ground (HV CAGE) including the HOT ???

 If so, and based on the above, it sounds like the HV is Jumping
from the Transformer itself to the nearest Source (Ground) while
this unit is on. Also presume that Burn Marks are present inside
the Cage ???

 Have you Verified that the Thick RED Wire from the HV is Fully Connected
and that there are No Breaks in Any of the Insulation anywhere along the
HV Output present on this Wire ???

 Also what do you have or can you get an HV PROBE and VERIFY HV OUTPUT
with this Unit On ???

 Arcadius.......... :-)

-----Original Message-----
From: steve@coule.freeserve.co.uk [mailto:steve@coule.freeserve.co.uk]
Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 5:11 PM
To: vectorlist@synthcom.com
Subject: VECTOR: WG6100 party lights!

I'm fairly new to vector monitors and the WG6100 in particular having only
fixed B&W deflection PCBs until now.

Getting to the point, the HV cage of my 6100 is illuminated with amazing
flashing blue light, accompanied by very loud crackling - I mean LOUD. This
happens continuously from power up and does not stop until I get scared!

I've opened it up to clean it, checked it with a LOPT ringer and it checks
out in the 5/10 kind of range with the HOT unplugged.

What could be causing the violent arcing? Is there anything I can do to fix
it? After shutting it down I tried measuring the HV with a probe but there
was nothing in the tube that I could detect.

Are the LOPTs available for this HV unit? I know wintron make the amplifone
LOPT but what about WG?

Any pointers as to what to do / try?

Thanks,

Steve

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