Possibly breaking down under load. The testers don't load the circuit. Al Marquardt ampm@xxxxxxx Al Marquardt Electronic Repair 206 W Main Girardville Pa. 17935 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin" <kevintv@xxxxxxx> To: "TECH-ASSIST" <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 3:50 PM Subject: [TechAssist] RCA CTC169, 31", flyback tested good but was bad > The HOT shorted instantly at turn on. All the timing caps, P/S caps, B+ > and horizontal frequency tested good. The flyback tested good with the > ring test, and the HR Diemens tester which tests the diodes and HV out. > I finally subbed the flyback out with a known good one and the set > worked. My question is how could the flyback test good 2 different ways > and still be bad? I guess the final and best test is substitution. > > Kevin Wilks > Kevin's TV & Video Repair > Penticton BC Canada > kevintv@xxxxxxx > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This Email List is Public. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm > Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Email List is Public. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/