Hello, I apologise if I offended one or two people with my question about the HOT. It was not meant. I have passed my City and Guilds TV and VCR Engineering examinations and have a small premises in England, UK. The problem with this examination is that the symptoms must be visible - so far so good. No dead tvs were ever worked on. I have managed to get a few up and running again but I still have a few problems - practice will improve this. If my question was that of a novice I apologise once again - I just did not want to keep blowing the HOT. I am on the breadline at the minute and just wanted some advice. I have passed a few datasheets around the community - I will try and make my contribution a little better as time goes on. Please forgive me if I ask one or two amateurish questions regarding the Power Supply faults etc Thanks to everybody who gave me info on this - apologies about the delay - I have just got the emails. All the best from babalino. ------------------------------------------ To REMOVE your email address, click here: http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html To CHANGE your email address, click here: http://www.techassist.net/forms/change.html ------------------------------------------ ***NEW*** Tips Added Instantly!!!*** Submit Repair Tips here: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/