[Coco] As the cm-8 turns series finale

[Neil Morrison]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Diggs" <kevdig at hypersurf.com>


> Hi,
>
> I have found what appears to be a burn streak on the lower
> vertical deflection coil. So it looks like the deflection coil is
> bad.

Maybe.

> Is this supposed to happen?

No.

> How often? There are 2 power
> resistors (R481 & R711) on the circuit board below it and in the
> vicinity. Both get hot enough that they are slowly burning the
> circuit board (from heat conducted through the leads?). Could they
> have helped cook it?

Maybe.

> It really burns me up to have to through a monitor away for
> this!
>
> Just for the record, It would be nuts to try to rewind this,
> right.

Probably. Depends on how desperate you are. Mostly these coils are
wound flat then formed to shape. Not easy to do one off.

Neil