Hey you guys have you all forgotten the old trick of a flexiable plastic clear tubing We used this over thirty tears ago!!!Hardware stores carry it.Or air tubing from a fish tank.Bring back any memories ??? >From: tvdoctors@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Reply-To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Noisey coils &Transformers >Date: 29 Nov 2001 10:40:10 -0800 >>Didn't your Dr. tell you not to put anything bigger that your elbow in your ear, heh heh. Compelled toreply to this, Neil >>>>** Original Subject: RE: [TechAssist] Re: Noisey coils &Transformers >>** Original Sender: "Damon" >>** Original Date: Thu, 29Nov 2001 08:02:56 -0500 (EST) >>>** Original Message follows... >>>>>I reada posting that suggested using a hot glue gun. I got the opportunity >>touse it on an IHVT recently and it works even better than silicone. >>Silicone is just too flexy where the hot glue isn't. I'm switching to hot >>glue from now on. >>>>As for isolating the culprit, I roll up a piece of paper into a cone, stick >>it in my ear and find the loudest point. That willat least isolate it to 1 >>or 2 coils. >>So that ringing in my ears is Tinnitus eh? I always thought it was from >>drinking too much coffee. >>>>Damon Brunger >>damon101@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>Telrad Electronic Services >>FtWayne, IN 46815 >>----- Original Message -----From: "Jerry" >>To: >>Sent:Wednesday, November 28, 2001 10:53 PM >>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Noisey coils &Transformers >>>>>>>>>>Good questions. These are always hard tofind and fix. I don't think >>many >>>people hear the 15.7 kHz horz, but rather hear the 1st sub harmonic (7867 >>>Hz). The most common component I find causing these problems is those >>horz >>>lin chokes. They usually have a gray colored plastic shrink covering on >>>them. Removing that and putting a light coat of silicon sealant on it >>>usually cures that. I'm 42 and my hearing rolls off at about 12 kHz and I >>>have tinitus (ringing in the ears), the sub harmonic of horz is discordant >>>with the ringing I hear and drives me nuts (I understand why the dog howls >>>when he hears the sirens)! >>>>>>Jerry >>>Christian's Electronic Service >>>>>>----- Original Message ----- >>>From: "Dennis Viereck" >>>To: >>>Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 10:38 PM >>>Subject: [TechAssist] Noisey coils &Transformers >>>>>>>>>| >>>| Since we ran the "cleaning the video head" into the ground I have >>another >>>| question for the group. >>>| >>>| I would like to know how all of you check for coils, transformers, and >>>other >>>| components that sometime have the tendency to squeal at high audible >>>frequencies >>>| in televisions? The devices I mean are like flybacks, linearity coils, >>>yokes >>>| and brackets for these devices. >>>| >>>| Once you find, how do you correct them? By replacement or other tricks? >>>| >>>| For those of you, like me, who's hearing rolls off at 7 khz and can't >>hear >>>these >>>| noises, how do you detect them, and how do you know you have it repaired >>>if you >>>| can't hear these high frequencies? >>>| >>>| Dennis Viereck >>>| >>>| ================================= >>>| Help make your TechAssist database better! >>>| Submit your fixes here: http://circuitwork.com/techassist/tip/#tips >>>| ================================= >>>| To UNSUBSCRIBE your email address, click here: >>>| mailto:techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe >>>| >>>>>>>>>================================= >>>Help make your TechAssist database better! >>>Submit your fixes here: http://circuitwork.com/techassist/tip/#tips >>>================================= >>>To UNSUBSCRIBE your email address, click here: >>>mailto:techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe >>>>>>>>>>================================= >>Help make your TechAssist database better! >>Submit your fixes here: http://circuitwork.com/techassist/tip/#tips >>================================= >>To UNSUBSCRIBE your email address, click here: >>mailto:techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe >>>>>>** --------- End Original Message ----------- ** >>>>>TV Doctors 108 W.Main St. Monroe,Wa. 98272 360-794-6469 >>================================= >Help make your TechAssist database better! >Submit your fixes here: http://circuitwork.com/techassist/tip/#tips >================================= >To UNSUBSCRIBE your email address, click here: >mailto:techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Join the world?s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. Click Here[1] --- Links --- 1 'http://go.msn.com/bql/hmtag4_etl_EN.asp' ================================= Help make your TechAssist database better! Submit your fixes here: http://circuitwork.com/techassist/tip/#tips ================================= To UNSUBSCRIBE your email address, click here: mailto:techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe