Funny thing about the light bulb trick is that all that tells you is you have a short. Some trick. I already know that most of the time. Question is: What is causing the short? I need a bulb but not a light bulb. I need one of those dark bulbs that you look down into to see the future. What are they called? Perry Bower Electric Medic "It's Cheaper to Keep Her" http://www.electricmedic.com Check out the Electronic Repair Screensaver We created. More Images to come! To download these Collections you must first install the Eyetide Viewer: http://www.eyetide.com/download/?s=O3OfmSLHXygGHCv1W6Gz3Bgjtq3DNNMNdcKsYSVGC "We're Number One Where it Really Counts, With our Customers" 3850 Washington Road Suite 5b Martinez, Georgia 30907 Phone: 706-8MEDIC4 (863-3424) Phone: 706-863-3474 Fax: 706-863-2316 mailto:info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "WE REPAIR WITH CARE" -----Original Message----- From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of majorthom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2005 5:17 PM To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [TechAssist] Re: PTK195, B+ high at about 162 volts How about the light bulb trick? I've put it in place of pulled main fuse OR @ the B+ feed to fly.As a mattter 0of fact load the 160VDC w/a light bulb, or 2 bulbs in series while you tblsht Pete Jim Myers <jr.myers@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: HOT was shorted, sub HOT allowed chassis to start up but with a loud snap and shorted the sub HOT. Now with a new FBT it shuts down due to the high B+ but does not short the sub HOT. Intention is to not install the new OEM HOT until the high B+ is fixed. Does anyone have a tip? Thanks, ******************************** Since 1972 * Jim Myers * Telrad Electronics * Fort Wayne Indiana * ******************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - This Email List is Public. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Appliance Repair List: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/chatjoin.htm#app Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ Peter Neal Neal Electronics 1905 E. Wm.Cannon Austin,TX 78756 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - This Email List is Public. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Appliance Repair List: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/chatjoin.htm#app Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Email List is Public. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Appliance Repair List: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/chatjoin.htm#app Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/