Are there risks to using a rejuvinator on a monitor? Or should I just go nuts and rejuv anything I can get my grubby hands on?
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Let's get the terminology right so we don't make mistakes....you are rejuvenating a TUBE - NOT a monitor.
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Well yeah. It's like saying you fill up your car with gas. Everyone knows what you mean.
Not really - will you fill your car with 'gas' meaning a liquid at room temperature or 'gas' meaning a compressed GAS that is liquified? Calling petrol - gas, is pretty stupid.
In this case, better to call it a 'tube' that is being rejuvenated then there can be no misunderstanding....
Is everyone in Australia crazy?
If in doubt, there is no harm in hooking up a rejevenator (spelling?) to test the guns in a picture tube.
Not really - will you fill your car with 'gas' meaning a liquid at room temperature or 'gas' meaning a compressed GAS that is liquified? Calling petrol - gas, is pretty stupid.
In this case, better to call it a 'tube' that is being rejuvenated then there can be no misunderstanding....
WHILE WE'RE AT IT what is with calling that damn PCB a "chassis?" The frame should be called the chassis, since: "A chassis (pron.: /ˈʃæsi/ or /ˈtʃæsi/; plural: "chassis") consists of an internal framework that supports a man-made object in its construction and use. It is analogous to an animal's skeleton."
The frame should be called the chassis, the chassis should be called the engine, and the tube should be called the zagometer.
Agreed!...and the tube should be called the zagometer.
If I clean/balance or rejuv and I see blue sparks coming out of the gun, usually I just toss the tube because its on its way out.. even with rejuvenation
Rejuvenating (and cleaning/balancing) shortens the life of your guns, and in turn, your tubes. Great when you need it, but don't go around jolting every tube.
the blue sparks and flashes is the actual act of rejuvenating - it is the rejuvenator blowing away the cathode material that has flaked off the metal and created the short - if you see blue flashes chances are the rejuvenation will be sucessfull
If you are chucking away a tube that does this you may as well throw away your rejuvenator as well 'cause it isn't doing it for you.....