How can the yoke be intermittently bad? Could there be a cap inside the yoke or some other component? Bill Sorensen New Life Video & Audio billans@xxxxxxxxxxxx - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ----- Original Message ----- From: <Hermantv@xxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 5:07 AM Subject: [TechAssist] Round & Round I went > > Just had a Hitachi 27CX7B (M3LXU Chassis) that came in "Supposedly Dead", > however when I test the set it worked fine. Went over several solder joints > on the main board and bench tested for about an hour. Charged the customer my > minimum bench fee and sent it home. Came back the next day dead again. The > set again worked fine for me. I noticed a width change only momentarily but > it would not stay long enough for any tests. The regulator and all DC > voltages were within parameters. > this time I let the set play for several days...then all at once it died and > would not restart. I Lifted the many shutdown components, one at a time until > I discovered that with D711 off the emitter of Q702 (HOT) lifted the unit > would power up. Had sound and picture but the raster was distorted. Pulled in > at the top but even more at the bottom. The output transistor and all the > stage timing caps checked OK. The Flyback rang good, and since the unit would > power up I decided the FBT was not the problem. chased my tail for most of > the day...knowing I could not come out on this one however the "technician > syndrome" kept me on the job even though I was loosing money on this one. If > I monitored the collector of the HOT I noticed the horizontal pulse would > diminish after a few seconds until the unit would cut off. Finally after > going round and found the horizontal circuit and power supply I rang the > horizontal yoke and ...yes you guessed it ...it was the Yoke...the last thing > I checked. The bad part is this unit has a bonded yoke and there is no part # > for the yoke and rings. > Just thought someone would like to know. > Tommy Herman...Herman TV > ------------------------------------------ > Make your TechAssist database better! > Submit Repair Tips here: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/ > ------------------------------------------ > To UNSUBSCRIBE your email address, click here: > mailto:techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > Or send a BLANK email with unsubscribe in the > SUBJECT field to the address above. > ------------------------------------------ Make your TechAssist database better! Submit Repair Tips here: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/ ------------------------------------------ To UNSUBSCRIBE your email address, click here: mailto:techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe Or send a BLANK email with unsubscribe in the SUBJECT field to the address above.