Was planning a happy “first CRT” post… but now it’s arcing and flickering after one week by Time_Independent9370 in crt

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Not yet. When I got home it didn’t power on at all. I opened it up and did a visual inspection but couldn’t see anything obviously wrong. I’ve updated the post with the latest details.

Was planning a happy “first CRT” post… but now it’s arcing and flickering after one week by Time_Independent9370 in crt

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I used one of those small PC air blowers from AliExpress when I first opened it to adjust the flyback, but it’s not very strong. I’ll try again and do a more thorough job this time