Re: Flyback sparkgap

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Original poster: "brian by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ka1bbg1-at-mcttelecom-dot-com>

Hi, those gaps are there incase the tube flashes over, protects things like
the gun drivers,gets rid of static electricity, protects the tube grids as
well. they use ceramic caps with a gap cut in them, also little blue covered
plastic covered gaps, a solid state device that looks like a diode with too
many color bands and usually several gaps built right into picture tube
socket. cul brian f.
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Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 8:58 PM
Subject: Re: Flyback sparkgap


> Original poster: "Metlicka Marc by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <mystuffs-at-orwell-dot-net>
>
> I remember that my brothers tv stopped working once, I pulled the back
> off and it seemed that a mud dauber wasp had gotten into what looked
> like a little spark gap and was shorting it out.
> I removed the wasp then the tv worked fine.
> So i have seen a spark gap on a tv, but have no idea of what it was for?
> I've also noticed that one monitor that i pulled apart had a little NE2
> bulb that worked as some sort of spark gap, again no clue to it's use?
> Take care,
> Marc M.
>
> Tesla list wrote:
> >
> > Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <PsychoticMinds1-at-aol-dot-com>
> >
> > Hi all
> >
> >              I know this is kindof off topic but im in the process of
taking
> > apart a large screen tv 20+ years old and i was disassembling the
flyback
> > componets for use to drive a small tc and i noticed on the plug
connector to
> > the electronic guns on the back of the monitor the wire from the flyback
> > seems to have a safty gap that goes to ground has anyone ever seen
something
> > like this b4?  I was wondering if i should leave it on and incorperate
it
> > into my tc driver? Any comments suggestions?
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