I'm going to need a scan of the SMPS to figure this one out. Can anyone oblige? Thank-you. David Lessard Alexandria, Ontario. Canada mr_fixit@xxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Edward Gaidies Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 1:14 AM To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Sharp VCR VC-H972U - SMPS Dead Yup..I feel the same way. I guess I better get educated on these, looks like they are going to be around for a while. Got a couple of Toshiba's on the bench, as we speak. Problem in SMPS. -Ed- Ed Gaidies Tel-Tek Electronics Ontario-Canada teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx On 24-Aug-04, at 3:11 PM, David Lessard wrote: > Hi Techs, > > > Let me be the first to tell you all that I really haven't had great > luck > repairing SMPS's lately. VCR came in dead, apparently after a hydro > outage, when the power came back on primaries on two other appliances > were open and this VCR's SMPS was dead. Fuse was blown, main switching > transistor and driver transistors on the primary are OK yet the fuse > blows on AC plug-in. I've checked ALL diodes and transistors, > everything > tests OK. Base of the main switching transistor has .7VDC on it all the > time, so this transistor is "ON" all the time, hence the blowing fuse. > I > need more information on these SMPS's, I.e. Where do the switching > pulses derive from? If anyone has a schematic on this SMPS, please send > it along. > > > > Thank-you > > > > David Lessard > > Alexandria, Ontario. Canada > > 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/