Damn, I never suspected the flyback transformer. I knew what it was, but I thought it was like a, you know, transformer... that’s solid-state, and never dies, but then again, why the **** would something solid-state have controls for focus and screen on it? So that does rather make sense. And I’ve heard they’re ****ing expensive. I get my parts from mouser.com, and I’m p sure that’s going to be one of those infamous “non-stocked” or “on order” parts that’ll take 3 months to ship. Log in to see images!

Yeah, I’ve worked with the dangerous/lethal parts of CRTs in the past, I’ve swapped tubes and such (discharging the, uh… clip under the suction cup… by grounding a screwdriver and slipping it under the cup).

Now, I always thought that the electron gun (hm) was the one responsible for making that high voltage… you sayin’ that the high voltage actually travels through the transformer, to the neck of the tube, and to the screen, in a full loop? Or does the flyback transformer merely maintain a high voltage across the front of the screen to catch the electrons or some****? That’s where I don’t get it now. Log in to see images!