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Dru Nelson (dnelson@newssun.med.miami.edu) wrote:
: 
:   Hello,
: 
:      I got this set which started taking time to warm up.  


if TV is rather new, this probably is relative to the CRT heater
voltage. Does sound come on immediatly?


:      It makes a loud buzzing noise and creates sparks from
:      the ground "feelers" that touch the top right corner of the tube.
 
these feelers are usually for static charge bleed-off. If you are seeing
sparks from these, chances are the high voltage is present.

:      ... it leaves an ozone kind of smell.  My only guess is that it
:      is the high voltage/sweep module.
: 
again it sounds as though the high voltage is on due to the presence
of ozone. I would start with the main power supply advancing to the
secondary supplies which are part of the HOT circuity. 
It is also possible the HV has become non-regulated and sky-rocketing
which would also give lots of sparks, noise, ozone etc..


Good luck.

Jerry Long @spk.hp.com