"Scott Dorsey" wrote


Anyone tried using a CRT rejuvinator on these to improve cathode
emission?


*** IMO the most common failure mechanism is not lack of cathode
emission but lack of light emission from the target.A simple test to
carry out on a low light output eye is to increase the heater Voltage
while it is operating,most times there will be no increase in light
output.

Brian Goldsmith.

"Brian Goldsmith" wrote in message
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"Scott Dorsey" wrote


Anyone tried using a CRT rejuvinator on these to improve cathode
emission?


*** IMO the most common failure mechanism is not lack of cathode
emission but lack of light emission from the target.A simple test to
carry out on a low light output eye is to increase the heater Voltage
while it is operating,most times there will be no increase in light
output.

Brian Goldsmith.



The phosphor is damaged by ion bombardment. Older eye tubes
will have targets that look dark or streaked. You can boost the
the B+ voltage on the target to get some more life out of the tube..

pete