OK, now everyone knows how to use the Big degausser....I can just see you pulling out the recommended Sony Pencil Wand and doing your little dance..... Damon Brunger Telrad Electronic Services Ft Wayne, IN 46815 ----- Original Message ----- Subject: [TechAssist] Re: SONY TV - KV-36FV1 Bad Colors on pix tube. | Me to. Thats the way I saw taught, before dirt was invented. | Jerry | | Alpha 21 Electronics | www.alpha21century@xxxxxxxxxxxxx | | ElectronicRepairServices <ElectronicRepair@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: | I called the costumer and asked him when and how did this happened and he | told me that it happened during a storm. | Electronic Repair Services || ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Hoyt's TV" | Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 7:26 PM | Subject: [TechAssist] Re: SONY TV - KV-36FV1 Bad Colors on pix tube. | | > The way I learned to do it, back in the stone age, was to start 6 feet | away | > from the front with the coil perpendicular when you turn it on. Then turn | it | > sideways and with a circular motion bring it up to the tube, covering all | > the tube then back off the same way and turn it perpendicular before | turning | > it off. Not necessary to do the sides and back unless you suspect some | metal | > there, got magnetized. | > | > Before the advent of automatic degaussing, we had to degauss every time we | > moved a set because it was the movement through the earths magnetic field | > that magnetized the shadow mask. That wasn't strong enough to have much | > affect on the shields but telephone bells and vacuum cleaners would do a | job | > on them. | > | > Russ Hoyt | > Hoyt's TV | > Exeter, NH | > | > | > ----- Original Message ----- | > From: "Bruce Tiedeman" | > To: | > Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 3:40 PM | > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: SONY TV - KV-36FV1 Bad Colors on pix tube. | > | > | > > Russ , I leave the set on. Put the Degaussing coil in front of the tube | > and | > > energize the coil . Move the coil in a circular motion in front and | around | > > cabinet sides, bring the coil around front again moving it away from the | > > tube as you go. I then turn off the coil and abruptly turn the coil | > > perpendicular to the set . | > > That's it, works good unless set has been dropped. If the set has been | > > dropped or hit by lightning may take a lot more work. Repeat the | > procedure. | > > Some times the degaussing circuit malfunctions and you have to repair. | > > Bruce | > > | > > .B&T Electronics | > > ----- Original Message ----- | > > From: "Hoyt's TV" | > > Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 3:05 PM | > > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: SONY TV - KV-36FV1 Bad Colors on pix tube. | > > > I've been using that big black horse collar for over 40 years, and | > haven't | > > > lost a patient yet. | > > > | > > > If you do something stupid like turn it off while it's next to the | tube, | > > it | > > > will magnetize the shadow mask so it looks like it needs to be | > degaussed. | > > > Sometimes enough so it takes a lot of degaussing to undo what you did. | > > > | > > > | > > > Russ Hoyt | > > > Hoyt's TV | > > > Exeter, NH | > > > | > > > | > > > ----- Original Message ----- | > > > From: "ElectronicRepairServices" | > > > To: | > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 2:15 PM | > > > Subject: [TechAssist] SONY TV - KV-36FV1 Bad Colors on pix tube. | > > > > I have to go on a service call on this TV, the costumer says that | the | > > > colors | > > > > are bad, sounds like the degausing is bad on this TV, it could be as | > > > simple | > > > > as resoldering the degausing thermistor. | > > > > My question is, and I have heard conflicting reports, could I use | the | > > hand | > > > > held degausing coil to degause the pix tube, some servicers say that | > > could | > > > > damage the pix tube. | > > > > Thank you, Mark ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/