Thread: HV Arc on CTC-5
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Old 03-10-2020, 09:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Electronic M View Post
I have not experienced it personally, but there are several accounts here of fist gen solid state Zenith color sets (CCII flatchassis) having the HV climb so high (due to safety cap failure) and the HV arcing through the bell glass to the yoke....the arcing would heat the glass, the glass would crack and the neck and yoke would drop onto the chassis....
I can vouch for it. Neck severed right where it joins the bell with a perfectly clean cut.
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