Hi Guys, final fix was a defective U19700 STK730-130 on the rebuilt conv. power supply board, why it would cause this symptom is beyond me but replacement of the IC returned set to normal, Larry E Larry Eastman American TV & Electronics Crystal River, Fl. 34428 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry E" <videotech@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "tech-assist" <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 9:54 AM Subject: [TechAssist] RCA P46813BL PTK195AA odd converg. problem > Hi Guys, this set was initially dead, main fuse, HOT & Flyback were changed and set came up but now has > typical bowed convergence problem, customer claims set had no convergence issues before set died. I checked > the Convergence pwr. supply board plug and the only voltage I had was the +24, installed a rebuilt 250686 > and the set came up with convergence still bowed, heres the odd part, If I go into the cust. menu and pull up > convergence and choose red or green adjustment, the set does not go to a cross, the entire screen goes black, > the audio quits, there is a soft click or pop in the speakers and then the set pops back on with a perfectly > converged picture and good sound??? It`s like the entire set is turned off and immediately back on but I don`t > hear the HV collapsing just that soft click. once it comes on with a good pix/audio I can go into convergence > set-up and the cross is there and it is adjustable, set may go bad in 20 seconds or may run 20 minutes but > shutting off set for 5 minutes or trying to run for long periods of time will cause convergence failure, > ANY IDEAS? worked on a lot of 195`s never seen or heard of anyone having this problem, sorry for the long > post, Larry E > > Larry Eastman > American TV & Electronics > Crystal River, Fl. 34428 > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > 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/