Hi Gary, Have a look at the old transformer and you will see only one lead coming to the CRT board, the new one has two and that will cause your problem. Put a .1mfd 1000v from screen to ground and the best place is on the CRT board. Hope this helps. All the best Tony ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary McCartney" <number63@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 9:04 AM Subject: [TechAssist] Hitachi TV chassis NP83LX, jail bars across screen > > This is a 27" Hitachi , model TE-4440X, chassis NP83LX. > > I replaced the flyback with an Asti Magnetics replacement, # 2433843. > Now set works fine other than there are jail bars across the screen. The > bars are not solid black, but rather a dull kind of shadow, and gradully > fade out toward the right side of the screen. The bars are about 3/4 > inch wide and 2 inch between them. > > I have changed caps around the flyback: C707, C717, C720, and C724. Also > changed a few caps in the SMPS which were high ESR. Problem still > exists. Is it possible this generic flyback is causing the symptoms? > > Thanks for any help. > -- > > > > Gary McCartney > > McCartney Electronics > 7134 Fife Rd, RR 7 > Guelph Ontario Canada N1H 6J4 > Fax: (519)821-1530 > email: number63@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ------------------------------------------ > Make your TechAssist database better! > Submit Repair Tips here: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/ > ------------------------------------------ > To UNSUBSCRIBE your email address, click here: > mailto:techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > Or send a BLANK email with unsubscribe in the > SUBJECT field to the address above. > > ------------------------------------------ Make your TechAssist database better! Submit Repair Tips here: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/ ------------------------------------------ To UNSUBSCRIBE your email address, click here: mailto:techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe Or send a BLANK email with unsubscribe in the SUBJECT field to the address above.