Hi Damon I will check the capacitors in the collector circuit and the divider ladder in the pincusion circuit..the waveform I referred to was on the output transistor Base lead would this effect the input to the base lead. Alvin Damon wrote: >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/ > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/