Yeah, that one shorted too when I pulled the SMPS and attempted to troubleshoot it on the bench, its board location is ZD5. Could that zener have caused my problem? David Lessard Alexandria Electronics Ontario, Canada mr_fixit@xxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tel-Tek Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 10:17 PM To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [TechAssist] Re: GE VCR VG2021 - ZD6 Shorting Dave; Check 18 volt zener. D14 I think. -Ed- Tel-Tek Electronics Ontario-Canada teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob@Bobs tv" <woodman1@xxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 4:55 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: GE VCR VG2021 - ZD6 Shorting > David, > Normally those zener diodes are in the feedback loop and normally > when they short..Theres a problem on secondary, as its job is to monitor > secondary and report back to primary.. to regulate. Don't have a print on > that model, but if its one of those plug in supply's there are usually a lot > of bad caps in the secondary 1000- 330 caps that fail also a NP cap.. > Maybe this will help.. > Bob, > > Bobs TV Worcester, ma > > woodman1@xxxxxxxx > > Main 508-853-1482 > Fax 508-853-1480 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Lessard" <mr_fixit@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 10:44 AM > Subject: [TechAssist] GE VCR VG2021 - ZD6 Shorting > > > > This VCR was in for service a few weeks ago, SMPS was dead, replaced the > > following: > > > > Q1 - C4418 > > Q2 - ECG382 > > D02 - IN4148 > > C09 - 22uf/16v > > > > Then the display was blinking when powered up, found ZD6 leaky, replaced > > it with 33V/1W zener (I think this is supposed to be a 43V zener?), > > anyway, ZD6 blows within a minute of VCR being powered up. What could be > > causing this? What circuit(s) does this supply? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > David Lessard > > Alexandria Electronics > > Alexandria, Ontario, Canada > > mr_fixit@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- > --- > > 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/