Check the tip on isolating the HV block : Tritronics shows it as available : Item no: 213986 (RCA) List Price: $79.95 EA SHORELINE ELECT 901 Price: $ 45.89 EA HV SPLITTER ~1 **** INVENTORY NOT AVAILABLE CAN BE ORDERED --------------------------------------------------------------- Text pasted from WinSTIPS 2.0 http://www.ServiceSoftware.com --------------------------------------------------------------- RCA CTC170 Dead. pulsing tvkirk@xxxxxxx C4116 1000/35 off Cr4151 (16v supply). this raised standby voltage to 14v (from 9.5) --------------------------------------------------------------- RCA CTC170 Dead. Power Switch inop. High Voltage At 10 Kv At Plug In. Ticking Noise From Defl Cba. Bryn Mawr Tv Check 16 Volt Line Low Only 8.5 Volt Replace C4116 P/N 190721 (1000uf/35v) Part Checks Good On Esr Tester --------------------------------------------------------------- RCA CTC170 Dead. Cr4405 Shorted. Still Shutdown At Turnon, 7v Supply Low & Noisy C4117 --------------------------------------------------------------- RCA CTC170 Dead, May Chirp Once On Pwr Up, Or May Chirp Repeatedly Marshfield Tv - This Tip For The Improved Definition Projo Chassis Unhook Hv Wire Out Of Flyback Going To The Hv Splitter Block, If It Runs, Suspect Bad Hv Block, Rca Part # 213986. --------------------------------------------------------------- ========================== Jeff Stielau Shoreline Electronics Repair 344 East Main Street Clinton,CT 06413 860-399-1861 860-664-3535 (fax) jstielau@xxxxxxxx ======================== "If you push something hard enough it will fall over." Fudd's First Law of Opposition - Sir Sidney Fudd ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robinson Electronics" <RobinsonElectronics@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 9:26 PM Subject: [TechAssist] RCA Proscan Model PS35182 / CTC170MA. Dead, pulses a couple times. HV shutdown. > Trying to repair an old set for a buddy of mine, told him parts may not be > available, looks like I'm right. Seems I have a bad flyback "which I cannot > find available". > The h/v resistor block may also be bad, I believe this is a common problem > for these. > The part no. for the h/v block I believe is #214146. > I can't find a part no. for the flyback xfmr. > I havn't worked on many of these CTC170 chassis. Can anyone help me on this? > Or know if any where I can find the flyback and h/v resistor block? > Thanks for any help on this. David. > > Robinson Electronics > 1075 Sweeten Creek Road > Asheville, NC 28803 > Ph./Fax. 828 274-3787 > www.robelect.com > Mailto: RobinsonElectronics@xxxxxxxxxxx > > > **************************************************************************** * > Classifieds! Buy or Sell! > http://sell.tech-assist.org > The Tech Address Book: > http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/contact.htm > Add a Repair Tip Here, or Change/Remove your Email Address: > http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.htm > Lost Password: > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Lost your Login Info?". > Email Archives: > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > ***************************************************************************** Classifieds! Buy or Sell! http://sell.tech-assist.org The Tech Address Book: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/contact.htm Add a Repair Tip Here, or Change/Remove your Email Address: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.htm Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Lost your Login Info?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/