Don, had something similiar on a 169 several months ago, pull the board out of the set and check the 2 traces farthest to the left of the board at the bottom with a magnifying glass, the traces break, mine actually had 3 traces broken, had to Ohm out the third one to find it, hope this helps, Larry E Larry Eastman American TV & Electronics Crystal River, Fl. 34428 www.tvjunkyard.com BUSBIN ELECTRONIC wrote: > Replying to three responses at once. > > I get the tubes to light by turning the screens to max. > I used rca 205064 part. > The schematic shows the scan loss circuit not in this set but I will check > for this. Thanks to all. Don > Busbin Electronics > 113 South Main Street > Fitzgerald, Ga. 31750 > 229-423-5665 ph/fax > busbin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jorge Camboni" <geo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 5:07 PM > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: RCA CTC169PE > > > What do you mean by "faint screens" ??? what happens when > > you increase the screen voltage? Just in case, check the > > wire from the HV splitter to the focus block, every once > > in a while you believe it is properlly inserted but it is not. > > Those focus blocks go bad sometimes, I have changed > > a few of them, but they were obviously cracked (they > > die by overheating) > > HTH > > Jorge > > > > > > At 04:47 p.m. 21/08/03 -0400, you wrote: > > >Set came in dead . Repaired power supply and replaced HV splitter. > > >Now have audio and faint screens on all tubes but no video. > > >Is this a symptom of a bad focus block or something else? > > >Video is present to crt pcb's. Screen voltage is present in the 200 volt > > >range but i s loaded down by either scope or DVM measuement. Thanks, > Don > > >Busbin Electronics > > >113 South Main Street > > >Fitzgerald, Ga. 31750 > > >229-423-5665 ph/fax > > >busbin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > >*************************************************************************** > ** > > >Classifieds! Buy or Sell! > > >http://sell.tech-assist.org > > >The Tech Address Book: > > >http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/contact.htm > > >Add a Repair Tip Here, or Change/Remove your Email Address: > > >http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.htm > > >Lost Password: > > >http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Lost your Login Info?". > > >Email Archives: > > >//www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > > > > > > > Jorge Camboni, GY Electronics, Richardson, TX > > > > > **************************************************************************** > * > > Classifieds! Buy or Sell! > > http://sell.tech-assist.org > > The Tech Address Book: > > http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/contact.htm > > Add a Repair Tip Here, or Change/Remove your Email Address: > > http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.htm > > Lost Password: > > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Lost your Login Info?". > > Email Archives: > > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > ***************************************************************************** > Classifieds! Buy or Sell! > http://sell.tech-assist.org > The Tech Address Book: > http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/contact.htm > Add a Repair Tip Here, or Change/Remove your Email Address: > http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.htm > Lost Password: > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Lost your Login Info?". > Email Archives: > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ ***************************************************************************** Classifieds! Buy or Sell! http://sell.tech-assist.org The Tech Address Book: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/contact.htm Add a Repair Tip Here, or Change/Remove your Email Address: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.htm Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Lost your Login Info?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/