You have open or off-value high voltage caps on the collector, you may also find bad caps in the pincushion's "divider ladder" . The spikes and "square wave" effect are the indicators. Damon Brunger Telrad Electronic Services Ft Wayne, IN 46815 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alvin Rose" <ajroseca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 9:40 PM Subject: [TechAssist] citizen model JCTV2704 chassis M3L523S | Hi Guys | we have a citizen tv which is shorting the horrizontal output | transistor..Have replaced it twice..Set will run for half an hour | and then will short the transistor..Scoped the collector and there is no | saddle in the waveform but a small amount of ringing on the reference line. | The base waveform looks like a modified square wave with a number of | high spikes at the start and finish of the waveform..I replaced the 22 mfd | electrolytic in the primary of the driver transformer with no improvement. | Driver transister tests ok..Had anyone had this problem with this model | Your help is appreciated | Alvin Rose | Radio & Tv Centre | Marystown, Nl | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- | 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/