Thanks for your reponses in the past about this tv. I've taken your advice and used a 100W bulb inline with the collector of the H-out transistor, also I've subbed in a tophat style H-Out transistor on a heatsink to take the stress for now. I've also subbed in another damper diode as well. The set has also had 3 or 4 caps changed in this section that were bad. (bulged) When you turn the set on I no longer burn out transistors but the bulb glows fairly brightly. Question. Is there a high failure rate of horiz.output transformers in this chassis? Is it most likely that this is the shorted part? ------------------------------------------ Make your TechAssist database better! Submit Repair Tips here: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/ ------------------------------------------ To UNSUBSCRIBE your email address, click here: mailto:techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe Or send a BLANK email with unsubscribe in the SUBJECT field to the address above.