Kevin, Quit using those darn NTE outputs and buy a good stock of real transistors. You end up beating yourself to death because of a bad sub and think it's something else. Costs you time, money, and patience. Ken Smith Gulf Technical Services 3034 Gulf Breeze Parkway Gulf Breeze, FL 32563 850-934-8324 (Voice) 850-932-0819 (Fax) On Wed, 19 May 2004 12:49:10 -0700 Kevin <kevintv@xxxxxxx> writes: > I measured the B+ before I installed the HOT by putting a 110 ohm, 30 > watt resistor from collector to ground. The B+ measured 127 volts, > and > the STR30130 was ouputting 130.2 volts. Thinking everything was > good, I > installed the new HOT (Q502 NTE 2353) and turned the set on. The HV > came up but 'sounded funny', so I quickly turned the TV off and > discovered a totally black fuse and shorted HOT. My flyback rings > good. > Could it still be a bad flyback? > > Kevin Wilks > Kevin's TV & Video Repair > Penticton BC Canada > kevintv@xxxxxxx > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Lost Password: > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/