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From: mzenier@polari.UUCP (Mark Zenier)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: TV Picture Tubes and Speaker Magnets
Message-ID: <4584@polari.UUCP>
Date: 26 Jun 91 23:47:42 GMT
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In article <1840052@hpsad.HP.COM> frankb@hpsad.HP.COM (Frank Ball) writes:
>Color TVs do degausse the tube on power-up, but they will only degausse
>a mild magnetization on the grid (I think its called a grid, its a metal
>plate full of little holes just behind the glass faceplate of the CRT).

Mask or Shadowmask.  The grids are back in the CRT gun assembly, and
are usually dinnerplate or cylinder shaped, with a little hole in the
center.  

Mark Zenier  markz@ssc.uucp  mzenier@polari.uucp