[TechAssist] Re: RCA CTC177BP2, questions about the pincushion capacitor

From: Bill Grabowski <bgrabowski@xxxxxxxxx>
To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 06:26:52 -0500
They just don't hold up.........

                      Bill

Kevin wrote:
> If you replace the RCA CSC with the exact same value why would there be
> a problem?  
> 
> Kevin Wilks
> Kevin's TV & Video Repair
> Penticton BC Canada
> kevintv@xxxxxxx 
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bill Grabowski
> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 5:55 PM
> To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: RCA CTC177BP2, questions about the pincushion
> capacitor
> 
> RCA critical safety caps are superior to generic replacements...
> Been there and done that....I learned....
> 
> Bill Grabowski
> Triangle Appliance
> Kenosha,WI  53142
> 
> Kevin wrote:
> 
> 
>>To me the 'exact replacement' has the same numbers on it.  In most
> 
> cases
> 
>>the OEM gets them from the same manufacturer as the generic parts
>>supplier does.  I have had good success using the so-called generics
> 
> and
> 
>>they are cheaper.  
>>
>>Kevin Wilks
>>Kevin's TV & Video Repair
>>Penticton BC Canada
>>kevintv@xxxxxxx 
>> 
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>[mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Intrepid Video
>>Support
>>Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 2:33 PM
>>To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: RCA CTC177BP2, questions about the
> 
> pincushion
> 
>>capacitor
>>
>>Kevin,
>>You say "Replaced same with exact replacement "...now, this makes one
>>think you used OEM...
>>So, you used a generic...
>>I suggest using the RCA part number.
>>Jeff
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>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "Kevin" <kevintv@xxxxxxx>
>>To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 4:25 PM
>>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: RCA CTC177BP2, questions about the
> 
> pincushion
> 
>>capacitor
>>
>>
>>It was not an RCA part; it was just a 'generic' D1885.  I just put in
> 
> a
> 
>>C5297 and it is working fine...so far.
>>
>>Kevin Wilks
>>Kevin's TV & Video Repair
>>Penticton BC Canada
>>kevintv@xxxxxxx 
>> 
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>[mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Intrepid Video
>>Support
>>Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 7:25 PM
>>To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: RCA CTC177BP2, questions about the
> 
> pincushion
> 
>>capacitor
>>
>>Kevin,
>>Did 'exact replacement' come in a SK bag, or with the RCA number....be
>>sure to use one with the RCA
>>numbers...
>>Jeff
>>--
>>Intrepid Video TV/VCR Repair
>>263 S Front St, Steelton PA 17113
>>717-939-7708; (F) 717-564-4952
>>www.intrepid-video.com  www.tech-repair.net
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "Kevin" <kevintv@xxxxxxx>
>>To: "TECH-ASSIST" <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 3:45 PM
>>Subject: [TechAssist] RCA CTC177BP2, questions about the pincushion
>>capacitor
>>
>>
>>Here is one for you RCA experts out there.  Set came in with shorted
>>HOT, D1885.  Replaced same with exact replacement that had lighter and
>>different white printing on the case of the transistor.  Set fired up
>>with HV and HOT instantly blew.  Replaced with C5297 and set came on
>>this time with washed out picture with retrace lines and severe
>>pincushion problem on the sides.  The picture also filled the screen
>>slowly from the sides, making it appear to have a voltage regulation
>>problem.  The width would also vary when the screen was adjusted.  Pin
>>one of the STK measured -40.3 volts, well within specs.  Not a voltage
>>regulation problem.  Found and replaced the pincushion capacitor,
> 
> C4407,
> 
>>a 47nF blue cap that was open and bulged.  All problems go away.
>>FLABBERGASTED.
>>
>>Now my question is two fold:  Would this one pincushion cap cause all
>>these problems including causing the HOT to short?  And could my
>>original HOT that I installed been a fake?
>>
>>I have a second RCA set (two in one day), a CTC187CN3 that had a
> 
> shorted
> 
>>HOT as well, a BUH517.  I found a bad connection on the same
> 
> pincushion
> 
>>cap (this time a 41nF cap).  The customer also complained about having
>>trouble getting the set to come on, and then when it did, the video
>>would go off and on.  So far it is working fine on my test bench with
> 
> a
> 
>>new BUH517 installed and the bad connection repaired.  Could this same
>>cap have caused these 3 problems as well?  Thanks for listening.
>>
>>Kevin Wilks
>>Kevin's TV & Video Repair
>>Penticton BC Canada
>>kevintv@xxxxxxx
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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