An easy way to tell if a tube has med res yokes or standard?

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An easy way to tell if a tube has med res yokes or standard?

I have like 20 25" WG tubes and a bunch of Med res(K7500) chassis that need tubes. This is an ongoing thing too, but I'm sick of hooking them up to see if they are right. I should know this, but is there an easy way to just look at the tube and tell if it's med res or not...I have been meaning to ask for a while. I just keep forgetting to.
Thanks
 
The tube does not determine whether or not the resolution is standard or medium. The chassis/yoke does. You can use pretty much any replacement tube you want, so long as the neck pinout and heater voltage matches what the chassis needs.

You MUST keep the original yoke from the medium resolution chassis with the chassis, though. You may NOT use the yoke from the TV.
 
The tube does not determine whether or not the resolution is standard or medium. The chassis/yoke does. You can use pretty much any replacement tube you want, so long as the neck pinout and heater voltage matches what the chassis needs.

You MUST keep the original yoke from the medium resolution chassis with the chassis, though. You may NOT use the yoke from the TV.

I know that much, I just need to know how to tell which are med res in the first place. They are not together....sometimes I'm lucky enough to get ones with the "only replace with k7500" sticker, but most of the time that falls off. Is there a number or specific characteristic I should look for?...I work for a wholesaler and have inherited boxes of chassis and a giant garden of tubes....as always I'm short working complete 25" med res monitors
Thanks
 
Fire a few. If the image looks screwy with a medium rez chasis, then you know you've got a standard yoke. Then try it with a standard rez chassis to confirm.

I'd just set up two tubes side by side - one with a standard resolution chassis and one with a medium resolution. Grab a yoke, try it on both. Sort into piles.

Once you find a medium yoke and a standard yoke, you should be able to visually inspect them for differences.
 
Fire a few. If the image looks screwy with a medium rez chasis, then you know you've got a standard yoke. Then try it with a standard rez chassis to confirm.

I'd just set up two tubes side by side - one with a standard resolution chassis and one with a medium resolution. Grab a yoke, try it on both. Sort into piles.

Once you find a medium yoke and a standard yoke, you should be able to visually inspect them for differences.

Thats what I've been doing I want to avoid having to do all of that, or else thats all I would be doing all day. I just fix to get working at work and time is money. When dealing with my personal stuff I don't mind. I just don't have the time. There is no use paying me for 4 hours to get a 300 dollar game working, when it just needs a monitor.
 
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