Sounds like a problem in the diode stack: BAD FLY.hth Country TV Ron Miller Inez, TX. 77968 ----- Original Message ----- From: <HSWAD@xxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 4:51 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Sony KV20VM30 FBT bad or OK ? > This TVCR shuts down instantly when powered up. regulated B+ is 121 volts, > which is the normal value. Collector waveform shows overload of flyback. > Ringing test of the FBT with no power applied is normal. Disconnecting secondary > windings and then powering up still indicates a bad flyback. At a net of > approx $75 I hate to purchase one just to try it. Anyone cured this problem? TIA > Hollis Bates , EE-retired, Lewiston, Maine, _HSWAD@xxxxxxxx > (mailto:HSWAD@xxxxxxx) , 207 784 8689 > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > This Email List is accessible to the general public through search engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm > Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation > Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Email List is accessible to the general public through search engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/