startup resistor for switching transistor in power supply don't have scem handy to give ref # Robert tvservice@xxxxxxxxxxxxx H & H Electronics Inc ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Goldspiel" <southdade@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 12:05 AM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Fw: CTC203 - loud fast chirping noise (long) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ronnie Alston <raalston@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Jul 20, 2004 10:16 AM > To: "\"Tech Assist\"" <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [TechAssist] Fw: CTC203 - loud fast chirping noise (long) > > Dan, > This may not be your problem but I have found this before. > No pic/snd chirps at plug in: q14104 leaky E-B, switching transistor for > 12 v regulator ic u14104. > Also, check q14105 and u14104, if bad they can cause the same problem. > Q14105 is turned on by micro at turn on to turn 12v reg on. If 12v supply > doesn't come on when set is innitially plugged into power source the micro > won't even try to turn on the set. > Hope this helps, > Ronnie Alston > Alston's TV Service > 110 North Third Street > Ozark, Ark, 72949 > raalston@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dan Garris" <dgarris@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 9:00 AM > Subject: [TechAssist] CTC203 - loud fast chirping noise (long) > > > > Sorry, I typed the wrong chassis # in the previous subject post. It is a > > CTC203 CH3 Chassis. > > > > > > Hi Fellow Techs, (tough dog so it's long) > > > > 32" RCA TV Model F32665 > > Chassis: CTC203CH3 > > > > I have a Common CTC203CH3 32" RCA Chassis here with a loud super fast > > chirping noise! (not a tick tick, squeal or a buzz, but a super fast > > consistant repeative chirping noise as soon as you plug it in AC, constant > > continous hi-speed chirping like at a rate of 20 chirps a sec - werid to > > describe but you get the idea - just not the normal tic tic or squeal) > Fuse > > ok, 2SC5148 Hot is OK, Flyback ok, voltage reg ok, Q14104 is good out of > > circuit, no cracks in PCB, all solder is good, L14401 coil is good, > > unplugged the Gemstar, what have I missed... Anyone seen this one? > > > > It's not the high pitched squeal you normally hear when the HOT is > shorted. > > (I double-checked the HOT out of circuit and it is Good!) I replaced the > > flyback with new one and voltage regulator and checked all the common > diodes > > and the common L401 L101 coils (forget the exact part location #'s) even > > took the two small coils out of circuit and double-checked them both and > > both are good and have good connections. I've looked it over and > troubleshot > > it for 4 hours and looked thru all my Servicesoftware tips, ESD tips, > > Intrepid tips (there are a lot for the CTC203) Dead - Loud fast chirping > > noise. However let me describe the noise (super fast chirping) on this set > > because it is not the normal squeal I commonly hear with a shorted HOT. It > > is a chirping noise - Only very very fast(like 20chirps or more per second > > to help best describe) I wish I could play a .wav of it to all you fellow > > techs but anyhow I am stumped and wanted to ask for any comments from > > anyone. I am not charging customer for repair because it happens to be > > someone in the family so wouldn't you know it, it would be the tough dog! > > LOL > > > > Dan Garris > > Garris TV > > New Bern, NC 28560 > > dgarris@xxxxxxxxxxx > > (252) 638-4477 > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > > Lost Password: > > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > > Email Archives: > > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > Lost Password: > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > Lost Password: > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/