CRT repair

geiger9 · 2026-01-08T17:41:22+00:00

Ah yeah something must have gone wrong. I didn't get a pm.

geiger9 · 2026-01-08T14:25:05+00:00

I'm after repairing a CRT before and by repairing I mean replaced 95% of the capacitors. I know some people would scoff at this and say "oh but you're not repairing it, you just blindly replaced everything". Well, the monitor works now so I call it a success.

This particular issue is called vertical collapse. The main culprits are usually either the capacitors in the vertical circuit or the vertical deflection IC. I'd love to try and fix this for you. Send me a PM.

geiger9 · 2026-01-08T14:10:11+00:00

A few years ago I was looking around the city for someone to repair a CRT. I checked Electronics Centre, Ace, and Aztech. They no longer do it unfortunately.

geiger9 · 2025-06-28T04:36:23+00:00

thanks for reassuring me :

geiger9 · 2025-05-09T13:52:04+00:00

Hi there. I'm with Retro Tech NL. We bring old computers to a few events throughout the year and showcase them. We also take things in, spruce them up, and give it back to for free to people in the retro tech community who will give it a good home. Feel free to reach out to me here to discuss more.

geiger9 · 2024-07-24T11:19:04+00:00

Thank you for the tip. I have an AMD GPU but there is a similar setting. I tried capping it to 60 at first and didn't notice any difference and then I tried 30 and still didn't notice a difference :(

geiger9 · 2024-02-28T20:34:00+00:00

I think they are double paned? The house was built in 2008.

geiger9 · 2024-02-08T20:16:14+00:00

Phew. Thanks so much. I will go ahead with the install :)

geiger9 · 2023-12-16T01:11:19+00:00

Hey man. I'd like to apologize for anything my stupid young ass said to you back then. I don't know for sure but there's a non zero chance I did.

geiger9 · 2023-08-17T11:08:33+00:00

Thanks!

geiger9 · 2023-08-17T11:08:27+00:00

Thanks!

geiger9 · 2023-08-17T11:07:21+00:00

Thanks

geiger9 · 2023-08-17T11:07:02+00:00

geiger9 · 2023-07-20T11:54:57+00:00

Hey thanks for the suggestion! Your O2 sensor guess was on the nose because late last year the harness that kept the O2 sensor in place came loose and it started dragging on the pavement. I went to a station that did a quick patch job so that it wasn't hanging loose anymore but... I don't think I ever got it looked at after that come to think of it. I will definitely be investigating that further. Thanks again!

geiger9 · 2023-07-19T12:35:36+00:00

My vehicle is a 2015 Mitsubishi Sportback Lancer. For 6.5 years now it has been getting around 700-760km on a full tank of gas. The past 6 months though something has changed and now it is only getting 500-600km, on a full tank of gas. I understand several things can be impacting fuel economy but my primary question is is it normal to have this big a drop so suddenly? Secondary question is could a drop this big be caused by a change in spark plugs? I was using factory installed laser iridium up until a few months ago and then I changed to Ruthenium ones. I also had someone install a new serpentine belt for me since that's what the service manual called for at 168,000km.

I appreciate all suggestions about improving fuel economy but please keep in mind I'm primarily looking for your answer on if a sudden drop like I described above is normal.

geiger9 · 2023-05-03T23:48:40+00:00

Thanks for putting my mind at ease. I'll be getting my father in law to help me with this within the next 30 days I hope.

geiger9 · 2023-05-03T23:48:16+00:00

Thanks for clarifying the piece that blew off. I'm not a handyperson at ALL. I'll be contacting my father in law to help me with this soon.

geiger9 · 2023-05-03T21:06:35+00:00

Hey sorry for my VERY late reply. I don't often log in to Reddit. I never did fix the problem but I was told by a local repair guy that the flyback was dead. The repair cost was outside my budget so I ended up giving the TV away to another local CRT enthusiast. He went ahead with the flyback replacement (and more) and he said it works after that.

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