I had a Panasonic PTV a long time ago that had the same symptoms. Drove me in circles for awhile. It ended up being a cracked leg off the hot body. al marquardt ampm@xxxxxxx Al Marquardt Electronic Repair 206 W Main Girardville Pa. 17935 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shoreline Electronics" <jstielau@xxxxxxxx> To: "Tech Assist Group" <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 10:56 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Hitachi 50EX39B Shutsdown : Vibration Sensitive > > Make : Hitachi > Model : 50EX39B > Problem : Shuts down intermittently. > > Set will come one perfect....give the set a bump and it shuts down. Protect > light in SMPS flashes. > > Okay...should be easy enough....faulty connections somewhere! > > Weeeeeellll. Looked this chassis over really well.....no sign of any > faulty connection. When the set is one , I can gently tap the power > supply/deflection board and it will shut down. > > I think were looking at a possible cracked trace somewhere but haven't > located it yet. > > Is there any intermittent spots others may have encountered on this newer > ( 4 year old) chassis? > > > ========================== > Jeff Stielau > Shoreline Electronics Repair > 344 East Main Street > Clinton,CT 06413 > 860-399-1861 > 860-664-3535 (fax) > jstielau@xxxxxxxx > ========================== > "If you push something hard enough it will fall over." > Fudd's First Law of Opposition - Sir Sidney Fudd > > > > > **************************************************************************** * > CHECK OUT THE NEW CHATROOM! Just login and click on chat! > http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.htm > The Tech Address Book: > http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/contact.htm > Add a Repair Tip Here, or Change/Remove your Email Address: > http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.htm > Lost Password: > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Lost your Login Info?". > Email Archives: > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > ***************************************************************************** CHECK OUT THE NEW CHATROOM! Just login and click on chat! http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.htm The Tech Address Book: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/contact.htm Add a Repair Tip Here, or Change/Remove your Email Address: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.htm Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Lost your Login Info?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/