so, i put the hv cage mesh cover on my tempest tonight. had it on for about an hour and a half because i was converging the monitor. with the cage cover on, the hv cage seemed to be a lot hotter and i noticed a heat type of crackle noise coming from the flyback area once it got real hot.
no smoke or failed components, but i was wondering, could i have damaged the flyback having it run hot for a while like that? with the fan i have blowing on it (without the cover on) it runs cooler and i've had it on for long periods of time with no problems in the past.
other thing - i decided i'm gonna just leave the cover off because of that, so it runs a bit cooler with being able to get the airflow from the fan on it. i get a bit of the jitters with it off, which doesn't bother me, but with the cover off, will the electrical interference or whatever eventually cause a problem in the monitor?
no smoke or failed components, but i was wondering, could i have damaged the flyback having it run hot for a while like that? with the fan i have blowing on it (without the cover on) it runs cooler and i've had it on for long periods of time with no problems in the past.
other thing - i decided i'm gonna just leave the cover off because of that, so it runs a bit cooler with being able to get the airflow from the fan on it. i get a bit of the jitters with it off, which doesn't bother me, but with the cover off, will the electrical interference or whatever eventually cause a problem in the monitor?


