Me to. Thats the way I saw taught, before dirt was invented. Jerry Alpha 21 Electronics Granite City, IL 62040 Ph. 618-452-8620 Fax 618-876-5157 www.alpha21century@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ElectronicRepairServices <ElectronicRepair@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: I called the costumer and asked him when and how did this happened and he told me that it happened during a storm. Thank you, Mark Electronic Repair Services 48 W. James St. Lancaster, PA 17603 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hoyt's TV" To: Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 7:26 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: SONY TV - KV-36FV1 Bad Colors on pix tube. > The way I learned to do it, back in the stone age, was to start 6 feet away > from the front with the coil perpendicular when you turn it on. Then turn it > sideways and with a circular motion bring it up to the tube, covering all > the tube then back off the same way and turn it perpendicular before turning > it off. Not necessary to do the sides and back unless you suspect some metal > there, got magnetized. > > Before the advent of automatic degaussing, we had to degauss every time we > moved a set because it was the movement through the earths magnetic field > that magnetized the shadow mask. That wasn't strong enough to have much > affect on the shields but telephone bells and vacuum cleaners would do a job > on them. > > Russ Hoyt > Hoyt's TV > Exeter, NH > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bruce Tiedeman" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 3:40 PM > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: SONY TV - KV-36FV1 Bad Colors on pix tube. > > > > Russ , I leave the set on. Put the Degaussing coil in front of the tube > and > > energize the coil . Move the coil in a circular motion in front and around > > cabinet sides, bring the coil around front again moving it away from the > > tube as you go. I then turn off the coil and abruptly turn the coil > > perpendicular to the set . > > That's it, works good unless set has been dropped. If the set has been > > dropped or hit by lightning may take a lot more work. Repeat the > procedure. > > Some times the degaussing circuit malfunctions and you have to repair. > > Bruce > > > > .B&T Electronics > > 139 Margaret St > > Sarnia Ontario > > Canada > > N7T 2Y3 > > 519 344 1850 > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Hoyt's TV" > > To: > > Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 3:05 PM > > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: SONY TV - KV-36FV1 Bad Colors on pix tube. > > > > > > > I've been using that big black horse collar for over 40 years, and > haven't > > > lost a patient yet. > > > > > > If you do something stupid like turn it off while it's next to the tube, > > it > > > will magnetize the shadow mask so it looks like it needs to be > degaussed. > > > Sometimes enough so it takes a lot of degaussing to undo what you did. > > > > > > > > > Russ Hoyt > > > Hoyt's TV > > > Exeter, NH > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "ElectronicRepairServices" > > > To: > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 2:15 PM > > > Subject: [TechAssist] SONY TV - KV-36FV1 Bad Colors on pix tube. > > > > > > > > > > I have to go on a service call on this TV, the costumer says that the > > > colors > > > > are bad, sounds like the degausing is bad on this TV, it could be as > > > simple > > > > as resoldering the degausing thermistor. > > > > My question is, and I have heard conflicting reports, could I use the > > hand > > > > held degausing coil to degause the pix tube, some servicers say that > > could > > > > damage the pix tube. > > > > Thank you, Mark > > > > Electronic Repair Services > > > > 48 W. 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