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Old 11th May 2020, 9:45 pm   #101
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Hello again. I fired the telly up and all valves glow. Cathode a back glows. But I can hear a really high pitched sound, any ideas
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Old 15th May 2020, 12:52 am   #103
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when I play with horizontal hold frequency changes. can see small dot when I switch off.
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So what was causing the lack of valve heaters?
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Old 15th May 2020, 10:38 am   #105
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Is thats whats happening?
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Old 15th May 2020, 10:43 am   #106
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What is the whining noise its really loud? frequency.
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Old 15th May 2020, 10:51 am   #107
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The whinning is probably the line output stage and if your getting a dot when you switch off chances are your getting EHT.

You should be able to vary the frequency of the whinning with the line hold control.

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Old 15th May 2020, 11:09 am   #108
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Ok so its a good start then there's something happening
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Should I able to use some static or will I need a signal for that
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Should I able to use some static or will I need a signal for that
If you click on the "Quote" button in an individual post, you can then add your reply/comment to it. That way, we will all know to what you are referring. Otherwise, it is often far from clear.
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So what was causing the lack of valve heaters?
As Heatercathodeshort asked earlier, can you tell us what was causing none of the heaters to light up, please?
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Old 15th May 2020, 12:22 pm   #113
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All I could figure out was possibly the fuse, I couldn't find anything in the posts relating to a defective heater chain per se unless I missed it.

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Post #36 onwards. It's unclear what the situation actually was though.
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Old 15th May 2020, 12:26 pm   #115
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Ok, the situation is I switch on tv. It makes a high pitched whine sound. No picture but when I switch off I see the classic white dot
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Old 15th May 2020, 12:28 pm   #116
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I had the valves checked yesterday some are a little weak but ok. I can list them if you like. I colour coordinated them but they may have got mixed up. Trouble is Ihe some valves labels have worn off ?
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So it sounds like you ready to put a signal in to it next. It will not display any static, just a blank screen that may be brighter if the brightness is right up
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If the valves are wrong will i t screw it up ?
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If you got the result with the white dot with switch off earlier then its unlikely to be disastrous. If a signal is applied and everything is in correctly you would likely see something on screen which would then let you know what's needed next.
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So i need to put a signal through
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