Theres no standard 'lightning damage" so one can only guess what might have happened. I'd start with the weakest link, namely the firmware. If you have a chipper check, run a dead set diagnostic. it might just have corrupted H freq parameters. Jim McVey ----- Original Message ----- From: Electric Medic <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 6:49 pm Subject: [TechAssist] Re: RCA 27V530T comes on shuts off > If your set is cycling repeats indefinitely off/on how do you get a > chanceto see the raster. I have had that symptom many times on the > ITC008 and you > can actually hear the HV coming up and see the filaments glowing > red and > then off, but I have never seen this symptom allow you to have time > to turn > up the raster and see a blank screen. I don't see where Eric's tip > showscycling repeats indefinitely off/on on this post below where > he had a > vertical problem. Either way I have seen the regulator IC or the > Flybackcause this symptom. I have also seen some that I never > figured out with this > same forever pulsing problem. All the ones I have seen once you > turn the set > on it pulses forever not 3 times but forever, and you can not turn > the set > off unless you unplug AC. I would like to make sure your symptoms > match what > I am saying so we can get a handle on this problem and maybe > together find a > common fix for this dog set. If we are using similar symptoms and > solutionsthat will throw us all off on these picky sets. Maybe > others can input some > suggestions here on their fixes on this pulsing problem because I > have seen > many of these. Also, I have never had all those diodes that are > listed in > the Tip programs be bad when this pulsing problem occurs. When they > are bad > the set is dead or shutdown once. Also, the bad Flyback where the set > shutdown one time although I have seen lots of those is not part of > thisproblem. We need to get a handle on this forever pulsing if we > can because I > have seen about twenty of them and about a third were monster dogs. > Even PTS > couldn't fix three of them. They sent back we don't know what is > wrong with > them. So I am sure all of us are going to see these in future. We > need to > find the solution if there is a common bad part or parts here. > Suggestions???????????Thanks > > Perry Bower > Electric Medic > "It's Cheaper to Keep Her" > http://www.electricmedic.com > 3850 Washington Road Suite 4C > Martinez, Georgia 30907 > Phone: 706-8MEDIC4 (863-3424) > Phone: 706-863-3474 > Fax: 706-863-2316 > mailto:info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > -----Original Message----- > From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Eric Manuel > Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 7:28 AM > To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: RCA 27V530T comes on shuts off > > > Charlws read this maybe the vert chip at fault...Eric > > put this in your notes somewhere it might save you hours of > work someday.This 24v510t came in going into shutdown after coming on > and showing what looked like a blank raster out of focus. Audio came > up before shutdown.The raster looked full so I spent much time looking > for a video problem. The waveform at the vert yoke looked compressed. > found n401 rca part no. 263754. The Ic which is the vert. output > checked only 200 ohms to ground on one of the pins. The set sent me on > a wild goose chase through the video because the raster appeared to > fill the screen.I don't know about some of these new sets.- > > > Eric > E M Electronics > Deer Lake Nfld > Canada > tvman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > repair11 wrote: > > RCA 27V530T (ITC008) > > > > Customer said after storm pix had lines in it. When I pushed > power hv came > > up no audio, relay clicked off, a few seconds later back on,cycle > repeats> indefinitely, turning up G2 shows blank raster. This > first ITC008 I have > > seen , a trouble shooting flow chart, a scan of print, or any > suggestions> would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > > > Charles Betzler > > Best Electronics > > repair11@xxxxxxx > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------- > --- > > This Email List is Public. 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