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   Phil Hobbs to john   
   Re: CRT long warmup time?   
   16 Jun 23 11:17:58   
   
   From: pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net   
      
   On 2023-06-15 13:02, john wrote:   
   > Any ideas as to what would cause a CRT to take 10mins to warmup before it   
   displays anything?  Maybe old capacitors?  This thing is a 55 year old   
   calculator.   
   >   
   > -John   
   >   
      
   1968 is a bit young for wax capacitors, which are always bad.  A dying   
   electrolytic in some grid circuit would get my vote.   
      
   Cheers   
      
   Phil Hobbs   
      
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