Hi Kevin with the picture tube socket connected, the set draws a lot of current when the filament heats up..so I guess that a could damage the hot..The current is normal on the isolation supply meter with the crt socket disconnected..Output transistor checks ok. Alvin Kevin wrote: >I have a TXJ2754 with a shorted picture tube. Hot and a Fet were >shorted and tube arcs internally when turned on after parts replaced. >Tube measures totally dead and heaters do not even light up with tester. > > >Kevin Wilks >Kevin's TV & Video Repair >Penticton BC Canada >kevintv@xxxxxxx > > >-----Original Message----- >From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >[mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alvin Rose >Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2004 1:57 PM >To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [TechAssist] Samsung TXK2754 KS2A CHASSIS > >Hi techs >We have a Samsung KS2A chassis which customer says had no >picture..just a lit screen with retrace lines..When we turned it on it >shut down after the picture tube filament heated up.I disconnected >the socket from the picture tube and it draws normal current and does >not shut down..It looks like a shorted picture tube..Has anyone had > this problem with this KS2A chassis and is there a repair for it. >Alvin Rose >Radio & Tv Centre >Marystown, NL > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >----- >Lost Password: >http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". >Email Archives: >//www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > >----------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Lost Password: >http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". >Email Archives: >//www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/