Nice. Thanks for the information.
Donor tube success!!!
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Nice. Thanks for the information.
Tighe
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My 1989 Quazar was not right for a K7000. Too many pins and the impedance was too high.
Tighe
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What if I found a tube with the right number of pins but the impedace is 14 ohms whereas my 19" k7000 reads 12.7 ohms?
Close enough?
Close enough?
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Try it.. It won't blow up 
Tighe
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Try it.. It won't blow up
Lol, but it is $20. I think I will.
I was offered a free 19" Toshiba TV, model #CN2081B. I did some searching, but didn't seem to find much info on that one to know what tube is in it. Has anybody seen this model?
I'm thinking that I'll just have to take it, open it up and find out what tube is in it to see if it matches a chassis. Haven't done any tube swaps, but might be a good experiment if this one is a spot-on match for something.
I'm thinking that I'll just have to take it, open it up and find out what tube is in it to see if it matches a chassis. Haven't done any tube swaps, but might be a good experiment if this one is a spot-on match for something.
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these thin neck K7000s are the most common monitor I have. I really want to see pics of what you've done and how you've sellected TVs.
Thanks for any help!
Thanks for any help!
Tighe
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Check out my thread starting here:
http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?p=2260068#post2260068
have a chance to make a video yet? Would like to get some burn free tubes in my machines! Thanks!Yeah, I failed on documenting.. My problem is I get so excited to crack them open and take a yoke reading.. So I usually just toss the case in a pile and forget about it.. But, like I said before.. I'm only picking 19" tvs that have thin necks. As I was grabbing anything 19" I could get my hands on, and maybe 1 out of 5 was useful.. Now it's more 1 out of 2 or better.
A video, damn.. Heh.. Guess I'll set up the little vid camera I bought my wife for Xmas.. She prolly used it twice anyway.. Do you need HD?
If I do make a quick vid.. What exactly to you want to see?
1. Choosing and inspecting a tv (what to look for)
2. taking a reading from the yoke connector
3. Changing out the donor tv connectors, what to do with extra wires...
4. Testing and firing it up on a k7000 chassis
What I'm doing is the lazyman's tv swap.. I'm not dealing with yoke swaps (which are also easy). Just trying to easily find and replace out burnt tubes for my personal games and for friends.. There are many other ways to do it, but this is working for me.
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Not yet, been a busy few months with life.. Gonna ask John (blackdog, OMGBBQ, crazy Nintendo boy, John's Arcade) to film it for me.. As we all know and love his "Gayrage" vids
ScumBum
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Not yet, been a busy few months with life.. Gonna ask John (blackdog, OMGBBQ, crazy Nintendo boy, John's Arcade) to film it for me.. As we all know and love his "Gayrage" vids
Yeah he makes good videos , have him do a step by step , how to swap tube video .
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That's my plan
Sweet, I am ready for this for sure......
Tighe
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Not yet, however, I would love to find a couple of donors for my G07s though. They need new tubes more than anything.
Tighe
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^^^^ this!
I've done it. I have another one coming up soon, so I'll try and film it.
