Philips monitor: fades out and zooms

Dec 07, 2007 3 Replies

Hallo! I bought a used Philips 109B. When it is cold, after few seconds it zooms in and fades out, and the screen is black. What could it be? A condenser? Thank you E. - Italy



Sounds like the HV to the CRT final anode is dying off. Could be almost anything ...

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Thank you. I forgot to say that when it is not cold (after 5-10 minutes) it works well. E.

Then a bad cap, or possibly a bad solder joint, are first favourites. Shouldn't be that difficult to locate with a can of freezer and a hair dryer. Does it definitely 'balloon' as it fades ? Often, a fading display on a CRT monitor, is down to nothing more than bad joints on the tube base heater pins, but in that case, it is just a gentle fade away to black, with no real alteration is picture size.

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