Dale, I had a similar problem with my own TV, only it is the 31" version of the same chassis. I'll send you the information I have. Mine would blow the reg. about once per month rather than after 2 minutes. Finally I noticed a trace blown open, and from memory I believe it was from one of the STR60001 reg. pins to zener D805, thereby effectively removing D805 from the circuit altogether. There is also a diode which is to be removed from the circuit if it is present. I'll do a bit more research to find that info for you. Gary McCartney McCartney Electronics 7134 Fife Rd, RR 7 Guelph Ontario Canada N1H 6J4 Fax: (519)821-1530 email: number63 (at) inetsonic.com HarrisTV50010@xxxxxxx wrote: > > We have a Panasonic CTV Model# CTK-2790S Chassis# AEDP152 or GL7C. This unit > came in with the complaint of popped and went dead. We found C821, IC801 & > D805 shorted. Q801 has a hole blown out of it and R826 was open. > We replaced C821, IC801, D805, Q801, R826, C807 & R825. After replacing these > parts the set worked for a couple of minutes with all the proper voltages > coming out of it. Then it suddenly went dead. We found IC801 had gone bad > again. We replaced it, shorted the power relay and slowly brought up the AC > going into the set. The B+ coming out of the secondary of the switching > transformer T801 are normal. The IC starts to get hot. The waveform on the > collector (pin 3 ) of IC 801 seems normal except the frequency seems to > quiver too much and the base (pin 2) of IC801 is supposed to be 14v p-p but > we only get about 4v p-p with the same frequency quivering as the collector. > We have checked every other part on the primary of the power supply and > everything seems OK. Sorry for writing a novel about this unit. Does any one > have any notes on possible problems with this power supply? > > TIA, > Dale > > Dale A. Lubow... HarrisTV50010@xxxxxxx ..515-232-1109..(Fax)515-232-3356 > Harris TV & Appliance..........335 Lincoln > Way.....Ames.....Iowa.....50010-3384 > > ------------------------------------------ > To REMOVE your email address, click here: > http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html > To CHANGE your email address, click here: > http://www.techassist.net/forms/change.html > ------------------------------------------ > ***NEW*** Tips Added Instantly!!!*** > Submit Repair Tips here: > http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/ -- Gary McCartney McCartney Electronics 7134 Fife Rd, RR 7 Guelph Ontario Canada N1H 6J4 Fax: (519)821-1530 email: number63 (at) inetsonic.com ------------------------------------------ To REMOVE your email address, click here: http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html To CHANGE your email address, click here: http://www.techassist.net/forms/change.html ------------------------------------------ ***NEW*** Tips Added Instantly!!!*** Submit Repair Tips here: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/