Leonard; The parts and labour does not appear to be unrealistic. But considering the age and realibilty of sets this age, and the advent of H/D coming on the market, the educated consumer would be wise to think about retiring these sets. Not a good thing to hear from the Service Industry...but.....true. -Ed- Tel-Tek Electronics Ontario-Canada "If Apple and Microsoft can talk...why can't the rest of the World?" teltek2@xxxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leonard G. Caillouet" <lcaillo@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 5:21 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Mitsubishi# VS6017. NO Sound NO Picture NO Filament > > I'd suggest checking all boards very carefully for leaky caps and bad solder > connections before spending much more time troubleshooting this one. This > is a V12 chassis and we are starting to see extensive problems with leaky > capacitors (Nichicon and Rubycon polar electrolytics, mainly) like in the > V11 but not as bad (yet?). You can get all kinds of weird problems in these > sets and they are likely to be recalls if you don't go over them thoroughly > looking for the bad caps. We have had enough of these bounce by repairing > the immediate problem and having other stuff show up shortly after that we > will not do them at all without a complete rebuild. We generally replace > 60-130 caps in a V11 and 30-60 in a V12. > > I commonly see enough electrolyte on the board at the vertical output IC > that it causes shorts if you don't clean it off. This will cause shutdown > and sometimes failure of a new chip. > > FYI, we charge $240 labor, typically $90-$150 parts, plus 2 service calls at > $50 each to pick up the boards and reinstall and align. If the tubes don't > test good we don't recommend repair. What are others charging to rebuild > these sets? > > Leonard G. Caillouet > Service Manager > Electronics World > Gainesville, FL > 352-332-5608 > 352-332-5668 (fax) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "B R SEARCY" <rohou@xxxxxxx> > To: "techassist" <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 10:51 AM > Subject: [TechAssist] Mitsubishi# VS6017. NO Sound NO Picture NO Filament > > > > HI Group > > Mitsubishi #VS6017dead. Replaced vert.IC LA7838 checked caps and > diodes.At this point have no schmatic. Found fuse open and IC900 shorted. TV > came on ,but still no picture. I can hear what sounds like the vertical > running . I borrowed schmatic and checked all voltages coming out of power > supply ,all are good . Checked voltage on vert. IC all good . checked > filament at plug DS,2.3 volts . Voltage to hor section is good .27 volts off > fly is there . Whats blanking the video and sound and holding the filament > down.All input appreciated. > > Bob Searcy > > Excellent tv > > Ph 602 271-4461 > > > > ------------------------------------------ > > Submit A Repair Tip For Everyone Here: > > http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.html > > ------------------------------------------ > > 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 > > > ------------------------------------------ > Submit A Repair Tip For Everyone Here: > http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.html > ------------------------------------------ > 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 > ------------------------------------------ Submit A Repair Tip For Everyone Here: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.html ------------------------------------------ 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