Understanding the Degaussing coil in

CRT television
Understanding the Degaussing coil in CRT
television

CRT Television and monitor are affected by the Earth magnetic field and for this
reason Engineers designed the degaussing coil in order to take care of this effect
which is usually manifested by colored spots on the screen.

Besides the magnetic field caused by the earth there are also other causes like
placing strong magnet near the CRT television and therefore it is advisable to keep
Speakers away from the set, usually when you find a television has spots on the
screen first be sure there is no speaker or big radio(speaker inside) near the set.

One cannot talk about the degaussing coil without mentioning the Posistor(PTC).
This is because since degaussing coil has very low resistance and is directly
connected across the AC power line(240 Vac or 110 Vac) then it would create a
short circuit across the power line but this is not so thanks to the Posistor(PTC)
which is connected in series with the degaussing coil and when power is switched
on the Posistor which has low resistance when cold but very high resistance when
hot and therefore the coil will Pass current just for a moments before the Posistor
get hot and cut off the current trough the degaussing coil.
Effect of the power supply when the Posistor fail:

1. Open - No effect on the power supply, only lose the demagnetizing effect of the
degaussing coil (picture with spots)

2. Short - If the posistor shorts it means the coil will create a direct shot to the
power supply and therefore fuse will blow.

In conclusion I wish to encourage technicians to take time to check the circuit

diagram in order to see how the component is positioned (series or parallel) to the
supply because by this one can be able to conclude the effect that component can
have if it fails shorted or open.

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