Jeff, This same thing happened to me once...Just once..Before you spend hours and hours in the convergence section (like I did) Check and make sure you did not bump the centering rings on the CRTs while you were changing the HVblock.. Especially the green one. If that moves it looks like the red and blue are out of wack. Or, My helper actually bumped both the red and blue rings once. Just a little food for thought. Good Luck! Bill McFarland DMC Electronics Salt Lake City, Utah (801) 233-0112 -----Original Message----- From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Lyles Tv Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 11:48 AM To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [TechAssist] Re: RCA PTK169PGB P52738WK injected problem--I think Most likely the problem I am having now is something that was gonna happen anyway, and had impecible timing. It failed at the right moment to really piss me off-----Or by having the crt module off, it caused another problem--not sure yet, and me and the set are not on friendly enough terms for me to look at it yet. I got friendlier fish to fry. Jeff Lyles TV and Appliance 17 S Washington St Elkhorn, Wi. 53121 ph 262-723-3477 fax 262-723-3658 tech@xxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary McCartney" <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 12:13 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: RCA PTK169PGB P52738WK injected problem--I think > > Jeff, I'm not familiar with this situation. Are you saying that having > the CRT modules disconnected when running the set will cause the > convergance chips to blow? How about on a CTC178 chassis, will the same > thing happen? The CTC178 I've been working on has been fired up without > the CRT boards on. The vertical ouput IC smoked but I haven't found out > why yet. I hope I don't have any convergance damage besides. (I only > work on this set when caught up with other work). > > Thanks. > > > > Gary McCartney > > McCartney Electronics > 7134 Fife Rd, RR 7 > Guelph Ontario Canada N1H 6J4 > Fax: (519)821-1530 > email: gary (at) number63.ca > > > > > > > > > > > Lyles Tv wrote: > > > > Jeesh--I can blame this one on the telephone--kinda. Set came in dead--chirps. I replaced all the normal (for me) parts in the PS and HOT circuit. Set fired up fine and played for2 days while I waited for the HV splitter to arrive, as I allways replace these on virgin sets to eliminate repeats. While replacing it, I pulled off the red crt module to give me more room to work with---big mistake---between the time I started to replace the splitter, and finished reinstalling it, I had 3 phone calls. Of course this eliminated my "Don't forget the crt module" post it note I put in my mind----gone. I fired it up with the module off and the first thing I notice is that is out of convrgence (horizontal) and in the next instant realize that there is no red. I immediatly assume I had crushed the red anode lead in the splitter (even though this is an original replacement and normally this don't happen with those) I pull the red anode to see no problem, and only then notice th > e > > red crt module laying there. Reassemble all and still have no horizontal convergence. red and blue move, but are to far out to be pulled in. I have 11VDC going into pins of the 3 amp IC's on the convergence board (U8201, 202, 203) but nothing coming out. Before I pull the schematics--I am fishing for a common problem first. > > TIA > > Jeff > > Lyles TV and Appliance > > 17 S Washington St > > Elkhorn, Wi. 53121 > > ph 262-723-3477 > > fax 262-723-3658 > > tech@xxxxxxxxxxx > > ------------------------------------------ > > Submit A Repair Tip For Everyone Here: > > http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.html > > ------------------------------------------ > > To REMOVE your email address, click here: > > http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html > > To CHANGE your email address, click here: > > http://www.techassist.net/forms/change.html > > -- > > ------------------------------------------ > Submit A Repair Tip For Everyone Here: > http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.html > ------------------------------------------ > To REMOVE your email address, click here: > http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html > To CHANGE your email address, click here: > http://www.techassist.net/forms/change.html > > ------------------------------------------ Submit A Repair Tip For Everyone Here: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.html ------------------------------------------ To REMOVE your email address, click here: http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html To CHANGE your email address, click here: http://www.techassist.net/forms/change.html --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. 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