Maybe I'm stubborn but if that were my customer he would be finding a new serviceman If he would not agree to my repair advise NIELSEN ELECTRIC Wahpeton ND 701-642-8773 fax 701-642-1431 dave-nielsenelectric@xxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kevin Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 3:14 PM To: TECH-ASSIST Cc: Kevin Subject: [TechAssist] Hitachi 50EX16B Faint picture with retrace lines. Hi fellow techs, Hope your day is going better than mine! I am repairing this Hitachi PTV that will play fine for hours and then goes to a faint pix with white retrace lines about 4" apart. Then the set arcs and shuts down. Two of the three guns already have small but noticeable marks in the center of each picture tube from this arcing. I have found no obvious bad solder joints, but banging the side does fix it sometimes. The customer refuses to let me just solder the hor and P/S circuits as I believe the problem lies therein. The customer wants me to "measure" stuff and fix it that way! He also wants the set fixed in his home. By measuring stuff when it is 'broken', I risk damaging the tubes more. Help! Kevin Wilks Kevin's TV and Video Repair Penticton BC Canada kevinstv@xxxxxxx ------------------------------------------ To REMOVE your email address, click here: http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html To CHANGE your email address, click here: http://www.tech-assist.org/change.html ------------------------------------------ ***NEW*** Tips Added Instantly!!!*** Submit Repair Tips here: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/ ------------------------------------------ To REMOVE your email address, click here: http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html To CHANGE your email address, click here: http://www.tech-assist.org/change.html ------------------------------------------ ***NEW*** Tips Added Instantly!!!*** Submit Repair Tips here: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/