Author Topic: Tektronix 760A troubleshooting - Excessively large trace (solved)  (Read 357 times)

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Offline SmokescapedTopic starter

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Thanks everyone who helped with capacitor advice in the other thread, I successfully got the machine running.

Bad news is the trace is enormous.
Playing with the limit-screw adjustment for focus simply changes the sharpness of the 'trace' without changing its size.
Once again I'm hoping for a helpful push in the right direction to begin troubleshooting this.

Greatly appreciate any feedback. Cheers.
« Last Edit: Yesterday at 05:54:38 am by Smokescaped »
 

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Re: Tektronix 760A troubleshooting - Excessively large trace
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2024, 06:33:15 pm »
reduce the intensity
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Re: Tektronix 760A troubleshooting - Excessively large trace
« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2024, 06:43:58 pm »
On second thought this looks like a HV failure. First measure all voltage rails, make sure they're all fine.

Measure voltage across C34 as well. Should be around +100v.

Measure across R49. Should be 115v.

Measure at pin 2 of J3, the voltage should vary between -15 and +100v depending on the setting of the astigmatism adjustment.

Measure J11. Warning HV here. Report back.
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Re: Tektronix 760A troubleshooting - Excessively large trace (solved)
« Reply #3 on: Yesterday at 05:54:24 am »
Thanks mate, reporting back!

It's fixed and the problem was caused by bad resistors in the focus circuit.
R3-R4-R5 were all significantly out of spec. I replaced R1 and R2 while I was there.
 


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