Ckeck for a cap that is leaking so as to allow DC current thru the yoke. Also consider hor to vert short and or a short to the metal frame.None of this is common, but possible.Sony HOT usually fail from DC regulation or loose connections on the driver transformer,flyback, or output transistor. At 09:41 AM 5/26/02 -0400, you wrote: >Hi Techs > > >Have a Sony KV35S40 came in dead. Complaint was that the set was repaired >before and worked for two days and went dead again. Found the horizontal >output shorted and the power supply bad. Resored power supply and replaced >horizontal output and the set works. We ran the set for a couple hours and >discovered that the yoke was getting hot (really hot). The yoke was rang >on sencore LC102 and it rang good, also it looks perfect. Any ideas or >help will be appreciated. I cannot find anything bad. > >Thanks > >Rudolph > >------------------------------------------ >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/ James M. Knoble 2303 Pleasant Valley Road Fairmont, WV 26554 jmk1938@xxxxxxxxxx Phone 304-366-1938 Fax 304-367-8965 ------------------------------------------ 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/