Yes, VC-H972 is a good model number. It is an the same manual as VCA373, 582,583 and VCH972, 982, 983. It is also in Sams VCR303 (we often forget to look there). Everything I have is on paper but I can fax the power supply if you like. John. John Mielke Main TV 636 main St. Longmont, Co phone 303 776 6955 fax 303 776 0792 maintv2004@xxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Lessard" <mr_fixit@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 1:11 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Sharp VCR VC-H972U - SMPS Dead > 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/