I don't mind the 178/179 or even the 188/189s. BUT the CTC170s 171, and 172s don't come thru our doors. Wayne Vanaman Omega Electronics 6904 W Fairfield Dr Pensacola, Fl. 32506-3310 Wayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx WWW.PensacolaTVRepair.Com 850-456-5995 voice 850-458-6369 fax Electric Medic wrote: > Al: You can add the CTC178 and CTC179 to the crap list. Why, after making > such a great chassis CTC169, at least for us servicers, they made the 170, > 178, and 179 is unexplainable. I cringe everytime one of these come in. I > love the CTC169, 177, 187, 195, but those other three are money losers and > junk in my opinion. The rebuilders don't even like them, they have sent them > back to me unrepairable before, their quote. we don't know what is wrong > with it, rarely does that happen on other chassis. > > Perry Bower > Electric Medic > "It's Cheaper to Keep Her" > http://www.electricmedic.com > 3850 Washington Road Suite 4C > Martinez, Georgia 30907 > Phone: 706-8MEDIC4 (863-3424) > Phone: 706-863-3474 > Fax: 706-863-2316 > mailto:info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > -----Original Message----- > From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Al L > Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 3:58 PM > To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [TechAssist] Fw: NON TECH!!! Why Al Leatherman shoud retire > soon > > > > > > >>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/ > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/