Philips 60" RPTV - New cooling fluid, clean lenses and mirror, still "cloudy"

Hazy/cloudy compared to what? One thing you didn't mention cleaning was the screen itself....

jak

On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 07:10:31 -0700, samsungfirmware Has Frothed:

Did you clean the back of the screen?

Screen has been cleaned. Just for grins, I pulled the back off and took a look at the crt's again. Lo-and-behold...blue is cloudy as is the green crt. Coolant was replaced two weeks ago and was crystal clear. Is it possible for bacteria to grow this fast already, especially since the set hasn't been running much since? Another thought is that MCM was out of coolant, so I had to get it from tritronics. MCM has tech-spray and Tritronics carries MG Chemicals. I topped off the crt's with the MG chems coolant. Is it possible the two somehow reacted with eachother?

Meat Plow wrote:

Did you scrub out and sterilize the coolant chambers before refilling? The bacteria can grow pretty quickly once it gets started.

On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 12:16:55 -0700, samsungfirmware Has Frothed:

I certainly wouldn't mix different brands of coolants. Better drain and wait for your favorite brand to be restocked.

On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 15:30:25 -0400, Meat Plow Has Frothed:

Forgot to mention to clean the CRT chamber and lenses with denatured alcohol then rinse with distilled water. Clean the orings with distilled water because the alcohol will eat them. Seal the rings with 100% silicon rubber. Use 100% cotton balls so you don't make scratches. This will eliminate any uncertanties about a bacteria problem.

How about diluted chlorine bleach?

On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 20:13:19 +0000, Homer J Simpson Has Frothed:

Fine if it doesn't react with any materials. I used everclear on mine and drank what I didn't use :-)