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The first two cases described are not in the same category as the
others but are so common that they may be reviewed with profit.
Type: Spurious oscillation,
Remedy: Turn off each light until the defective one is found. Try a
new bulb. If the trouble remains, disconnect the lamp and sandpaper
the socket contacts. Tighten loose connections or replace, socket if
necessary.
Source: TV receiver
Reasons: Radiation from an unshielded or poorly shielded high
voltage power supply. Defective horizontal damping tube. Improperly
adjusted drive control. Unshielded horizontal or vertical sweep
circuit. (Large picture tubes are worse in this respect.)
3. See that all side or back covers of the high voltage power
compartment are in place.
5. Check the small spring straps or hairpin loops which ground the
outer coating of the picture tube to the yoke assembly frame. Bend
slightly to increase contact pressure, or insert several thicknesses of
tinfoil between each spring and the tube coating.
6. Line the inside of the cabinet with tinfoil. Line the bottom with
copper screening or use a copper or aluminum plate.
1. Install a resistance pad in the leadin. (See Fig. 2.) Use good
grade no inductive resistors. Mount in a shielded, well grounded
can.
2. Check grid and cathode voltages in the video i.f., video, and
converter stages for overloading (use a high frequency probe with a
v.t.v.m. or a scope). Change the values of the cathode or grid-
loading resistors if required to prevent overloading or incorrect
voltages.
Remedies: Re route the wiring away from all parts (or wiring)
associated with the sweep circuits. Shield the transformers (and
possibly the wiring) in these circuits. (This is particularly effective in
less expensive sets where little or no shielding is used.)
Remedy: Check the i.f. frequency and trap adjustments. Align the
oscillator or check components if the frequency shift is unusually
large.