That ceramic cap only needs 20 to 30 megs of leakage to ground to pull the G2 line down enough to cause the fluctuation.Porous/cracked overcoat or impurities in the disc substrate can produce such leakage. Dominic DiLeo Atlantic TV Freeport, Maine ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In a message dated 8/19/04 8:23:02 AM Eastern Daylight Time, jstielau@xxxxxxxx writes: << Possible , but I'd think if it was the case it would drag the G2 down and darken the image. ========================== 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 ----- Original Message ----- From: <MDileo0000@xxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 2:13 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: JVC AV36260 G2 Drift > Jeff, > > There may be a leaky 1000 pf ceramic cap on the G2 line(CRT board) causing > the drift. > > Dominic DiLeo > Atlantic TV > Freeport, Maine > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > In a message dated 8/18/04 1:02:17 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > jstielau@xxxxxxxx writes: > > << Make : JVC > Model : AV36260 > Problem : Set was coming on OK but would immediately go to bright white > washed out image then shut down. > > Apparently the G2 setting on the flyback had drifted grossly enough to cause > this as we turned down the G2 control and the fired the set up , the > readjusted. > > Customer said set was fine one day then the next morning exhibited this > problem. > > Just curious if anyone else has seen the G2 drift this much on these newer > JVC models? > > If so , did the basic readjustment prove to be long lasting fix? > > ========================== > Jeff Stielau > Shoreline Electronics Repair > 344 East Main Street > Clinton,CT 06413 > 860-399-1861 > 860-664-3535 (fax) > jstielau@xxxxxxxx > ======================== >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/