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X-ray tube troubleshooting — discharge, oil leakage, tube interlock, noise, and no tube current (by symptom)

Use this page when the symptom points at the X-ray tube or its heat exchanger — arcing or a high-pitched noise, an oil leak, a tube-interlock error, an abnormal noise, or no tube current at all — and you need to go from what you observe to the probable cause to the fix. It also reproduces the manual's own malfunction/error code table, used when reporting a tube malfunction to service.

Applies to
Activion16 (TSX-031A) X-ray tube unit and heat exchanger (oil cooler). Documented in the manual as Troubleshooting (§1.11), immediately after the main-circuit flowchart (§1.11.2) and immediately before getter aging (§1.11.4). Source states no model- or revision-specific restriction for this section.
Steps
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Source
2D201-113EN*J §1.11.3 'X-ray tube troubleshooting' (pp.107-108) + [REFERENCE] 'X-ray tube malfunctions and error codes' (p.111)

Tools & parts

ItemPart numberQty
X-ray tuben/a in source
High-voltage cablen/a in source
High-voltage transformern/a in source
Cable bushing (incl. silicone plate)n/a in source
XP PWB (OVER-mA / OVERCURRENT / OVER VOLTAGE / ARC LEDs)n/a in source
Heat exchanger circulation system (oil cooler)n/a in source
Tube housingn/a in source
Oil hosen/a in source
Explosion-proof valven/a in source
Oil pumpn/a in source
Flow switch (tube interlock)n/a in source
Thermal switch (tube interlock)n/a in source

Full step-by-step for X-ray tube troubleshooting — discharge, oil leakage, tube interlock, noise, and no tube current (by symptom)

All 0 steps are documented in the FSELIB Activion16 (TSX-031A) service manual — re-authored, web-first, with the real figures from the source.

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Related X-ray Tube guides

Check the X-ray tube aging (warm-up and seasoning) schedule0 stepsCheck the X-ray tube getter aging (heat exchanger pushbutton)0 stepsClean the heat exchanger fan (annual PM)7 stepsConnect the replacement X-ray tube and run the operation check3 stepsAdjust the SS/ADI4 audio (gantry/console speaker and microphone VRs)4 stepsClean the console mouse4 steps
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Source: 2D201-113EN*J §1.11.3 'X-ray tube troubleshooting' (pp.107-108) + [REFERENCE] 'X-ray tube malfunctions and error codes' (p.111). Preview re-authored by FSELIB — the full procedure with figures and steps is in the paid service manual.