I had three different symptoms on one set {Proj.} and it a new ssb board repaired them all Phillip R Hull phil245@xxxxxxxxxxxxx FAX 517--569-3075 Professional Technicians only ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hoyt's TV" <hoytstv@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 10:17 AM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Philips 36H800 again > Thanks Phil, I'm beginning to feel more confidant about a board replacement. > Now if I can get him to go for it. > But ----- if he does, and there are more problems, I'm a dead man. > > If I survive this one, do I get a Combat Infantry Badge? > > > Russ Hoyt > Hoyt's TV > Exeter, NH > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Phillip R. Hull" <phil245@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 9:26 AM > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Philips 36H800 again > > > > Replace the board, I never had that diode repair a set for me, so I quit > > even trying to replace it. > > Phillip R Hull > > phil245@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > FAX 517--569-3075 > > Professional Technicians only > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Hoyt's TV" <hoytstv@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 6:15 PM > > Subject: [TechAssist] Philips 36H800 again > > > > > >> Does anyone have anything else to suggest? > >> Here's what I've done: > >> > >> I've replaced the diode on the SSB that Force says to replace for a dead > >> set. > >> Twice! > >> I've resoldered the connector on the mother board. > >> I've cleaned the connector and the board edge. > >> > >> The first time I replaced the diode the set ran several days in the shop, > > so > >> I sent it home. > >> He says it ran a few hours and quit. > >> He brought it back and I replaced the diode again and ran it for a day > > then > >> it quit on the 2nd day. > >> I dipped into the list again and got several more suggestions, which I > > did, > >> then ran it for several days in the shop and let him take it home again. > >> > >> He called this afternoon to tell me it ran about a half hour for him > > before > >> quitting again. > >> He is getting tired of getting someone to help him lug it up and down a > >> flight of stairs and put it up on the shelf. > >> I'm getting tired of fixing something that just keeps going bad again. > >> > >> He wasn't willing to go for an SSB in the first place and I'm not willing > > to > >> buy one now, only to end up with the same problem. > >> Right now I only have $129 that I may have to give back. I sure don't > >> want > >> to expand that to $500 that I have to give back and end up owning an SSB > >> that I will never use because I will certainly never take in another one > > of > >> these sets again. > >> > >> I don't know what kind of deal he's willing to make for me not fixing his > >> TV. He's in the auto repair business so he should be happy to just junk > >> it > >> with no refund. Usually when one of them works on something of mine that > >> isn't getting fixed, they call and say: the mechanic has 2 hours on it > >> already and hasn't found the problem. The labor is $120 now, do want me > >> to > >> have him keep going? > >> > >> Thanks > >> Russ Hoyt > >> Hoyt's TV > >> Exeter, NH > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > > --- > >> This Email List is accessible to the general public through search > > engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm > >> Set Vacation > > mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation > >> Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > >> Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > >> > >> > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > > This Email List is accessible to the general public through search > > engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm > > Set Vacation > > mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation > > Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > > Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > This Email List is accessible to the general public through search engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm > Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation > Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Email List is accessible to the general public through search engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/