Me too Al,My eyesight,hearing,equilibrium.I throw stuff across the room now and then and curse[oh yes] I'm indeed a mess. Ms. Right is nowhere to be found Pete Al L <alleathe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > CTC170! I replaced Q2502 for no vertical, after applying the usual pound > of solder,still no VD. > I spent about 7 hours over the next two days checking and > analyzing,finding no vertical drive.FINALLY I checked the voltages on the > ramp driver,very wrong,and THEN I discovered the blind tech(with > magnifiers) had failed to solder the emitter of Q2502 to the foil! > Soldered it and it works. > A certain CET and CSM from Florida and Ohio are correct,STAY AWAY FROM > CTC170 RCA's! > I will now put ctc170 officially on my crap list! > Thanks for the service notes,guys! BTW, it came in dead,so I am not > totaly stupid! al > > Al Leatherman > 224 RT. 46 > Mine Hill, NJ 07803 > 973-361-5796 > WWW.ALS-TV.NET > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Email List is Public. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ Peter Neal Neal Electronics 1905 E. Wm.Cannon Austin,TX 78756 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Email List is Public. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/