If that Zener is in the secondary of the PS,you probably have an overvoltage condition. IOW,the Primary is being driven wide open. Check opto-isolator. it seems I had an IC2 in the secondary causing this condition once Peggs At 07:44 AM 3/26/04, David Lessard wrote: >This VCR was in for service a few weeks ago, SMPS was dead, replaced the >following: > >Q1 - C4418 >Q2 - ECG382 >D02 - IN4148 >C09 - 22uf/16v > >Then the display was blinking when powered up, found ZD6 leaky, replaced >it with 33V/1W zener (I think this is supposed to be a 43V zener?), >anyway, ZD6 blows within a minute of VCR being powered up. What could be >causing this? What circuit(s) does this supply? > >Thanks in advance, > >David Lessard >Alexandria Electronics >Alexandria, Ontario, Canada >mr_fixit@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/