Hi Guys, Thanks to Phil Hull and Jim McVey this set is almost fixed, replaced Y4301 from a boneyard set and the set comes up now, C4141 was okay, now the picture has thin black lines all the way across the screen about one inch apart all the way down from the top to the bottom of the screen and these lines roll from top to bottom fairly slowly almost like a bad B+ filter cap, will make some more checks and post what I find, Larry E "Larry E." wrote: > Hi Guys, This RCA has come back to haunt me, originally came in as dead > set, > replaced the chip, chopper, 3 caps, CR4118, C4145 and repaired broken > traces on far left side of board, set ran fine, delivered to customer, > approx. 10 days later set died. Switch mode is working but regulated B+ > is high at 150 volts, I have drive pulses to base and collector of > Chopper transistor. There is no drive signal from pin 38 of U3101 to the > base of the hor. driver transistor. R4314U is burnt but not open, > shorting c-e of Q4304 will not force set on. I have a tech note that > says if reg. B+ is high to replace cr4123 but this diode is not shorted > and voltages are correct. I`m > pulling my hair out at this point, Any ideas on what I`m missing??? > Larry E > > Larry Eastman > American TV & Electronics > Crystal River, Fl. 34428 > tvjunkyard.com > > ***************************************************************************** > The Tech Address Book: > http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/contact.html > 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/ ***************************************************************************** The Tech Address Book: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/contact.html 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/