That is a good point, Bill. I don't want to spend a lot of time getting it working only to find the tube is bad. I guess I could take a working chassis and "quickly" test the tube without damaging the good chassis. 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 Bill Grabowski Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2004 5:37 PM To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Toshiba CF32G40, TAC 9705, what is S1854? Need SM If this set in question fell off a shelf chances are after you get the set running you'll discover a damaged shadow mask and possible shorts. Been there and done that............... Just my 2 cents. Bill Grabowski Triangle Appliance Kenosha,WI 53142 Kevin wrote: > This set fell off a shelf while it was on and cracked the main board in > 2 places. Fortunately there was only 1 broken trace that I repaired. > Unfortunately the set comes on for a split second with HV and then shuts > down with the red LED blinking. I checked all diodes and transistors > for shorts and found Q883, an S1854 that measures oddly. Does anyone > know what this transistor is? I did a google search that came up empty. > A copy of the SM would also be appreciated. Thanks. > > Kevin Wilks > Kevin's TV & Video Repair > Penticton BC Canada > kevintv@xxxxxxx > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- > Lost Password: > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > -- ***************************** Bill Grabowski Triangle Appliance Kenosha,Wi 53142 262-694-6500 262-694-6523 fax bgrabowski@xxxxxxxxx ***************************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- 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/