Also the voltage rectifier it or one of the low ojm resis Anthony Clayton <tcccjc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Did you try the brige one of the diodes mybe shorted. Mike Schoettinger <kc8lqu@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } Hi all, I am in need of some help. This Hitachi 46W500 is kicking my butt. It keeps blowing the hv drive transistor. I have replaced all the electrolytics in the circuit and the flyback and the smps transformer. Does anyone have some expereince with this issue. Thanks. Mike --------------------------------- Your smile counts. The more smiles you share, the more we donate. Join in!