Re: dead reds

Hi,

I don't mind waiting at all and I am sure you will get it going. I just
was wondering before I canceled an order with Wintron:) I would much
rather have a drop instead of their messy one, plus I would rather give
a fellow collector the money versus those clowns:)

Mark Capps

simon wrote:

> I hate dig up old bones, but again where is the by far cheaper working
> model. I know I does not mean much by now but
> Wintron for US customers is the best bet. The HVT you made or may
> nor work, does it really work???? Simon?
>
> A little difficult to make sense of that but I guess if you can buy
> wintrons for $175 each then go for it, looks like crap with all those
> wires but then I guess it makes no odds with the back door in place.
> Being impatient always cost money!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: big dog <mailto:catfishh@bellsouth.net>
> To: vectorlist@vectorlist.org <mailto:vectorlist@vectorlist.org>
> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 9:41 AM
> Subject: Re: VECTOR: dead reds
>
> Hi,
>
> I ordered 10 at $175 each from Wintron just to be sure. Where is
> the solid product?
>
> Mark Capps
>
> big dog wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I hate dig up old bones, but again where is the by far cheaper
>> working model. I know I does not mean much by now but
>> Wintron for US customers is the best bet. The HVT you made or
>> may nor work, does it really work???? Simon?
>>
>> Mark Capps
>>
>> Mark Shostak wrote:
>>
>>>This flyback was/is being designed from the ground up, to work in the
>>>Amplifone circuit as a drop in replacement. It uses the same primary
>>>input voltage and (is supposed to) resonate at the same frequency.
>>>
>>>A custom mold was made for the outer housing and a custom bobbin with
>>>terminal pins in the end-flange spaced specifically to fit the Amplifone PCB
>>>was also developed as part of the project.
>>>
>>>Cinelabs released an easter egg photo of the FBT some time ago when
>>>we annouced the Sanyo replacement FBT, but as we've been encountering
>>>the well documented issues associated with developing a replacement
>>>for this particular circuit, had been keeping it low profile, so as
>>>to not get people's hopes up (and prevent a flood of "is it done yet"
>>>emails).
>>>
>>>Regarding using existing TV FBTs, I really don't want my vector games
>>>to sound like they've got raster monitors in them!
>>>
>>>-Mark
>>>
>>>On Sun, Aug 27, 2006 at 03:17:49PM -0700, jrok wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>At 10:50 PM 8/25/2006, you wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Well it looks like for now this is way out on Voltage levels. I ran it lat
>>>>>night and could only get an out of focus picture due to the Anode voltage
>>>>>being about 9kv too low :(
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>9kV out, bummer :( Is this a 'standard' model of flyback or a custom job ?
>>>>I ask as looking at 'modern' flybacks they mostly seem to run from a
>>>>120v-160v voltage. So my thinking goes.. using a 48V available as a source
>>>>( the -24 to +24 on the Amplifone board ) you'd theoretically only get
>>>>a voltage stepped to around 10kV ? Correct me if I'm wrong ;)
>>>>
>>>>Also for general interest I've seen monitor/TV's running around a
>>>>50V supply into to a boost regulator to generate about 130v before
>>>>powering the primary of the flyback.
>>>>
>>>>Great idea for a drop in replacement BTW, hope you get it working.
>>>>
>>>>- James
>>>>
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