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Heatercathodeshort · 27th Oct 2019, 4:00 pm

For some reason I always found that the early dual standard 500 series were more reliable than the later models.It should have been the other way round!
On the single standard versions I had numerous burn ups with L5515[?] the desaturation choke mounted on the Mica board with the focus rect, EY51.
I used to run them with 560 volts boost or just enough to fill the width. I had a number that ran for 3 years without a service call.
Well they were colour TV! You just had to learn about them as you did the Thorn 2000, Decca CTV25, RBM CTV 25 and the lovely GEC. The list goes on. It was a long time ago. John.

27th Oct 2019, 4:00 pm	#31
Heatercathodeshort Dekatron Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Warnham, West Sussex. 10 miles south of DORKING. Posts: 9,147	Re: 1971 Philips G6. For some reason I always found that the early dual standard 500 series were more reliable than the later models.It should have been the other way round! On the single standard versions I had numerous burn ups with L5515[?] the desaturation choke mounted on the Mica board with the focus rect, EY51. I used to run them with 560 volts boost or just enough to fill the width. I had a number that ran for 3 years without a service call. Well they were colour TV! You just had to learn about them as you did the Thorn 2000, Decca CTV25, RBM CTV 25 and the lovely GEC. The list goes on. It was a long time ago. John.