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mis-matched chassis/tube?
Question from Frank: What a great web site. Lots of useful info and I hope you can help me with a repair problem. A friend of mine bought (in 2005) what seems to be a bootleg Ms. Pac Man/Galaga arcade game nearly identical to this one: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=120755.0. Same Weiya 2820HR chassis, same Panasonic tube A48KXR92X00. I can find no info about the tube. Re-branded maybe? The monitor went blind shortly after. The first thing I found was the HOT exploded. I found a chunk of it in the bottom of the cabinet. The Weiya 2820 specs 56 ohms on the vertical yoke and 2 ohms on the horizontal. I’m reading 3 ohms on the horizontal yoke. My question is: is that enough to fry the HOT after a short period of time? How should I proceed from here? Find a chassis more compatible with the tube, find a tube to suit the chassis, or just replace the HOT and see what happens next? Thank You for your time, Frank
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Response from Jonathan: Frank,
We have selected your question as the Question Of The Week for this week. Please listen to the podcast at the link below to hear our thoughts on your issue. Of course, feel free to email us back if you have any questions about what was discussed.
Question Of The Week – Episode 59:
http://www.spreaker.com/user/arcaderepairtips/question-of-the-week-episode-59
Thank you for your question and good luck with your repair.
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