Very good point, Art. I threw away so many of the STR30130's that I pulled one from a chassis, marked it used, and placed in my STK30130 parts drawer as a testing device. Now, if I have any doubt, I "test it" with the used reg. I really hate it when new parts are bad. Lots of wasted time. Ken Smith Gulf Technical Services 3034 Gulf Breeze Parkway Gulf Breeze, FL 32561 850-934-8324 (Voice) 850-932-0819 (Fax) ------- On Wed, 28 Nov 2001 23:10:43 -0500 "art bevilacqua" <abevilac@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > I know exactly what this is - you've got a bad "new" STR30130. We've > had > this problem on several sets, with the output voltage varying > depending > on set (load). When I realized what the problem was, I sampled all of > the STR30130's that I had on hand, and 90% were bad. Unfortunately, > more > than 90 days had passed, and the distributor wouldn't make it right. > > The topic of bad batches of STR30130 from one or two distributors has > been heavily discussed on several forums, and is a well known > problem. > > Get another chip from a different source. > > art > > Art Bevilacqua > Essex Radio and TV > 40 Main Street > Essex, MA 01929 > abevilac@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > -----Original Message----- > From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Patrick Fugere > Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 6:25 PM > To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [TechAssist] Sanyo AVM-2595U - bad regulation. > > > Hi, > > Sanyo AVM-2595U with bad regulation. > Received the set dead. HOT was short so I replaced it. Now it goes on > but > very bad regulation. The brighter the screen gets the smaller and > more > distorted the image is.(squeezed pin). > I replaced IC001 ( STR30130 ) and still the same . So I replaced the > nearby > cap C007 and no dice. > > What else could be causing this. The original HOT is D1879 but I > replaced > it with one I had in stock which has similar specs D1880. Could this > be > it? > I would doubt it but... > > Any help appreciated. > > Patrick Fugere > F u j i s t i c s > Montreal, Canada. > p_fugere@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > > > ================================= > Help make your TechAssist database better! > Submit your fixes here: http://circuitwork.com/techassist/tip/#tips > ================================= > To UNSUBSCRIBE your email address, click here: > mailto:techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > ================================= > Help make your TechAssist database better! > Submit your fixes here: http://circuitwork.com/techassist/tip/#tips > ================================= > To UNSUBSCRIBE your email address, click here: > mailto:techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. ================================= Help make your TechAssist database better! Submit your fixes here: http://circuitwork.com/techassist/tip/#tips ================================= To UNSUBSCRIBE your email address, click here: mailto:techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe