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Old 4th Sep 2015, 3:24 pm   #39
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Default Re: Philips B3G63A

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Originally Posted by paulsherwin View Post
The tone correction cap is usually a 1kV component as very high voltages can occur across the transformer primary. That's why I assumed your 1.6kV ceramic cap was a replacement for it. I don't have a circuit to hand so can't refer to part numbers. Can somebody clarify what C66 is doing?

As a general rule, ceramic caps are unlikely to fail.
Apologies again for my badly worded post - C66 has not been replaced by a 1.6kV ceramic cap.

The original cap can still be seen in the bottom left of my previous picture.

I've attached an image for that part of the circuit - hope this helps?
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