In my experience with these Sony P/S's, the HOT does not short when the VDR is bad. The HOT shorts first, taking out the P/S. The VDR could have gone bad after, though. Kevin Wilks Kevin's TV & Video Repair Penticton BC Canada kevintv@xxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Edward Gaidies Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 4:51 PM To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Sony KV-32S20 [repeat failure] The small black VDR's? I can search for the part# if you can't find it. Should be 2 of them...Should have no reading on them at 20 meg scale. They go leaky. -Ed- Ed Gaidies Tel-Tek Electronics Ontario-Canada teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx On 18-Aug-04, at 4:23 PM, Danny Garris wrote: > I repaired a dead Sony 32" KV-32S20 TV w/ Shorted Q601, Q602 (2SC4834) > and > Open R607 .1ohm 1/2 W and Shorted HOT 2SC5148 (8-729-035-75). > > Set played fine after repair for 2 days in shop. Customer picked-up > set and > a couple days later called to say set was dead again! I found Q601, > Q602 > shorted and R607 Open this time. (The HOT was ok) Again Set played > fine for > two days in-shop after second repair. > > Customer called again a few days later and said set is dead again. > What am I > missing? > > Garris Radio & TV > Danny Garris > New Bern, NC > dgarris@xxxxxxxxxxx > Ph: (252) 638-4477 > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------ > 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/