Barry, HOT was shorted, didn't ring the flyback yet, but I did sub BUH517 with a 2SD1885 for test purposed, I heard two snaps on when I hit the "ON" button. I think the flyback may be bad on this one, do you have any kicking around the shop? I will check +B again. Thanks for the info. David Lessard Alexandria Electronics mr_fixit@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Barry Thompson Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 2:40 AM To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [TechAssist] Re: RCA F31672ET - CTC187CJ - Squeals on plug-in check hot and 140 volt diode and resolder drive xformer, after removing hot if B+ is over 200 volts in standby,check the feed back in the regular circuit.Flyback is unlikely. barrystv@xxxxxxx Barrys TV Ottawa Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Lessard" <mr_fixit@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 2:08 PM Subject: [TechAssist] RCA F31672ET - CTC187CJ - Squeals on plug-in > This TV squeals upon plug-in. I know there's a short somewhere causing > the chopper PS to squeal, question is where? Does anyone know what the > common causes for this problem are? I don't have the TV on the bench yet > and I'm asking this question in advance. > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > David Lessard > > Alexandria Electronics > > 50 Harrison Street > > P.O. Box 1366 > > Alexandria, Ontario. > > Canada > > K0C-1A0 > > mr_fixit@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- --- > Lost Password: > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/