Weight of 29 inch picture tube?

I am in the UK. I was looking for useful spare parts inside a broken 29 inch Panasonic TV (model TX29-AD1) and I had removed all the electronics boards and the two speakers.

I then picked up what was left of the TV: the tube and plastic outer casing.

Phew! It weighted a hell of a lot!

Does anyone know APPROXIMATELY what an actual 29 inch CRT picture tube weighs?

In my case it was the old-style screen ratio and ISTR the picture tube had a Philips sticker on it.

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Alberto
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On Thu, 05 Oct 2006 17:46:37 +0100, Alberto Has Frothed:

Approx 100 lbs.

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Meat Plow

It depends on the EHT voltage used. If this was for a relatively modern set,using '100Hz' scanning, then the EHT will be higher, and the glass used in the front has to have better radiation protection. For this the figure given by another poster, of about '100lbs', is probably a little high, but not that far off (typically the whole set, will be about 90lbs, and the tube about 3/4 of this, so perhaps 65lbs). 50Hz sets, are usually a fraction lighter, but probably still over 50lbs for the tube. Tubes supporting really high frequency operation (CRT's, rather than TV's), will push higher (for example, a 24" Hitachi monitor, tops 100lbs, and the tube is heavier than the 29" examples mentioned...

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Roger Hamlett

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