Aww Shucks Ed, I was gonna send the 10 bucks via UPS COD! Glad to hear you found it anyway, I've had three CTC197's recently with the socket bad and I think it's caused by the flyback. Each time I have pulled and checked that cap first and it was not the problem but I guess it sure can be. ************************************************** Jim Myers Since 1972 Telrad Electronic Services Co. Fort Wayne, IN 46815 ************************************************* ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Gaidies" <teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2004 10:45 AM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: CTC197CD RCA Fix for the set was leaky C15102 0n CRT board. Thanks to Paul (Winstips) and a couple of others that had mentioned this. That cap shows no fault when measuring. Only removing it temporarily will confirm problem. (102K@3KV)from screen lead (yellow) to ground. Also..I found that measuring screen voltage raw from flyback only showed about 150 volts, when disconnected from CRT board. I suspected that to be a little low, but when all is reconnected, and faults corrected actual voltage will be 330 volts. At least for this 32" set. Someone had asked about CTC197, with Poor Video/Slick Raster. Phil Hull had entered a fix into Winstips Replacing L12302 (215502). May be a possibility to explore. Thanks to all, that contributed to my conundrum. And Jim....Keep your $10 US...since this would have been my next exploration, and certainly makes good sense. Again....Great group. -Ed- Ed Gaidies Tel-Tek Electronics. Ontario-Canada teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Myers Sent: February 13, 2004 3:53 PM To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [TechAssist] Re: CTC197CD RCA Ed, I have 10.00 bucks, (US) that says you have a bad CRT socket with a scorched spark gap. You have to take it apart to see. If you have a very small voltage on the wire from the fly, maybe 1.5 or 2.0 and zero on the socket pin, that is the clue. Also with the wire from the fly disconnected from the CRT socket board the screen voltage on the wire will be normal. ************************************************** Jim Myers Since 1972 Telrad Electronic Services Co. Fort Wayne, IN 46815 ************************************************* ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Gaidies" <teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 1:21 PM Subject: [TechAssist] CTC197CD RCA Would someone have a Manual on this set. Particularly the Sweep ciruit. This set was originally Dead. Replaced Flyback 237506, Got HV and sound back. But seems I have no Screen Voltage. (Zero). So of course I have no raster. I have tried a second flyback, thinking a faulty transformer, but same result. A Circuit and any suggestions appreciated. Thanks; -Ed- Ed Gaidies Tel-Tek Electronics. Ontario-Canada teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- - 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/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/