BTW. This is a strange exception..normally with the CRT board disconnected, you should not get the orange glow you described. I found it interesting. Although all other descriptions pointed to "classic" CRT problem. -Ed- Ed Gaidies Tel-Tek Electronics Ontario-Canada teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bil Green Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2003 3:13 PM To: support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Toshiba CZ27V51 CRT Neck ARCING Hi Jeff, A CRT which lost it's vacuum was the cause of R216 burning and the arcing in the CRT neck. Installed a used CRT and all is well. Thanks anyway -- Best regards, Bil Green 2001 TV VCR Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546 760-934-2001 mailto:tv.vcrrepair@xxxxxxxxxxx Saturday, December 20, 2003, 10:46:09 AM, you wrote: sivc> Bill, sivc> Not sure if this will help...from other models: sivc> Replace R216 And R217, 43kohm And 33kohm Resistors In A.B.L Cct sivc> Jeff Dougherty sivc> Intrepid Video TV/VCR sivc> 263 S Front St sivc> Steelton PA 17113 sivc> fax...717-564-4952 sivc> www.intrepid-video.com www.tech-repair.net sivc> ----- Original Message ----- sivc> From: "Bil Green" <tv.vcrrepair@xxxxxxxxxxx> sivc> To: ".TECHASSIST @ freelists . org" <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> sivc> Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 3:39 PM sivc> Subject: [TechAssist] Toshiba CZ27V51 CRT Neck ARCING sivc> Toshiba 27" TV sivc> Model CZ27V51 sivc> Chassis TAC 9911 sivc> R216 is smoking sivc> Set stays on for a fraction of a second, purple arcing inside CRT sivc> (around G2 or focus electrodes) sivc> With the CRT socket removed the whole neck lights up pale yellow sivc> instead of purple. As if the filaments were receiving 15V instead sivc> of 6V (of course the CRT socket is removed so that's not possible). sivc> R216 is still smoking with the CRT socket removed sivc> No time to measure voltages ************************************************************************ ***** 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/