Most of the time (because of its age) the problems are loose connections around the hot and the driver transformer.Another common failure on this sets was IC701.Its a 7pin reg. Its been a long time and therefore,I can't remember the part #.Usually,this will take care of the problem. Mando Birdie's Tv & Electronics Casa Grande, AZ Kevin wrote: > This set was in another shop for dead. Set was repaired and worked fine > in the shop, but in the home it only lasted 2-3 hours and then shut off > by it self. When I tested it in the home the set came on for about 30 > seconds and then went into shutdown. When the power button is pressed > the relay clicks off and on. Set is a console model and up 1 flight of > stairs, so I pulled the chassis and took it back to my shop. Found some > bad connections and a bad cap in the vertical section. The P/S looks > very simple as does the deflection circuits. The signal circuit is on a > large circuit board on the side of the console TV. Anybody have > experience with this model of Sharp? I'm hoping I don't have to bring > the whole set in. TIA. > > Kevin Wilks > Kevin's TV & Video Repair > Penticton BC Canada > kevintv@xxxxxxx > > > ***************************************************************************** > 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/