[TechAssist] Re: Lightning UNFIXED
- From: Edward Gaidies <teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 19:05:22 -0400
Pull the plug on the Degaussing lead. Manually Degauss it. If it won't
degauss, throw it in the Landfill.
Here we have a special area at the Landfill, for Walmart Electronics.
Always a line up.;-)
-Ed-
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Ed Gaidies
Tel-Tek Electronics
Ontario-Canada
teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx
teltek@xxxxxxxxx
On 11-Oct-04, at 6:26 PM, Kevin wrote:
> The customer will have to bring the set in so I can do that test if he
> doesn't find any magnetized metal objects close to the set. I did
> check
> the coil and it measured 18 ohms.
>
> Kevin Wilks
> Kevin's TV & Video Repair
> Penticton BC Canada
> kevintv@xxxxxxx
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John at Main TV
> Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 1:40 PM
> To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Lightning UNFIXED
>
> Maybe it had nothing to do with lightning, customers always want
> something
> to blame it on. Check or replace the degauss thermistor and check for
> bad
> solder. Monitor the degauss current or place a 60 watt light bulb
> accross
> the degauss plug (with the coil unplugged). It should light brightly,
> then
> gradually go dim in a couple seconds. Also check the degauss coil for
> continuity. If it was a surge from lightning, The coil could be open.
> Sonys draw a very large degauss current.
> John.
> John Mielke
> Main TV
> 636 main St.
> Longmont, Co
> phone 303 776 6955
> fax 303 776 0792
> maintv2004@xxxxxxxxxxx
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kevin" <kevintv@xxxxxxx>
> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 2:26 PM
> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Lightning UNFIXED
>
>
>> I demagnetized the set on Saturday and it ran fine for 3 hours in my
>> shop. The customer picked it up and just phoned me now to say the set
>> has bad colors again. Is this a problem with the picture tube, or is
>> always magnetized metal close to the TV?
>>
>> Kevin Wilks
>> Kevin's TV & Video Repair
>> Penticton BC Canada
>> kevintv@xxxxxxx
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeff Farnsworth
>> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 7:40 PM
>> To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Lightning
>>
>> Thats right--I've seen a bronze statue, and a fireplace insert
>> magnetized
>> and causing problems with the tv
>>
>> TV Doctor
>> Avalon, Wi
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jerome Silverman" <greentron@xxxxxxx>
>> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 8:44 PM
>> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Lightning
>>
>>
>>> You answered your own question. I recall one case where
> demagnetizing
>> worked
>>> in the shop but the customer said the problem came back. To make a
>> long
>>> story shorter, the lightning had magnetized a cast iron sewer vent
>> pipe
>>> inside the wall near where the tv was usually kept. We couldnt do
>> anything
>>> about that. They rearranged the room so they could put the tv at a
>> different
>>> wall.
>>> Jerry Silverman
>>> Greentron Inc
>>> 4 Newland Ave Greenville SC 29609
>>> Fax/Phone 864 232 3889
>>> greentron@xxxxxxx
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Kevin" <kevintv@xxxxxxx>
>>> To: "TECH-ASSIST" <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 6:50 PM
>>> Subject: [TechAssist] Lightning
>>>
>>>
>>>> Is it possible for lightning to magnetize a TV? A customer had
>>>> lightning strike his house and the TV works but the tube was
>>>> magnetized--all the colors were off. Demagnetizing it cured it.
>>>>
>>>> Kevin Wilks
>>>> Kevin's TV & Video Repair
>>>> Penticton BC Canada
>>>> kevintv@xxxxxxx
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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