Have you ever drawn an arc with the grounded screwdriver? I'd be too afraid to even try! ========================== Jeff Stielau Shoreline Electronics Repair 125 Beech Tree Lane Westbrook, CT 06498 860-399-1861 860-664-3535 (fax) jstielau@xxxxxxxx ========================== "If you push something hard enough it will fall over." Fudd's First Law of Opposition - Sir Sidney Fudd ----- Original Message ----- From: <tvservice@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 10:38 AM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Sony PTV KP53HS10 intermittent loss of green crt and brite red raster > > You mean to tell me that you have not run a jumper wire from the screwdriver > blade to chassis ground and held the well insulated handle and waved around > a flyback or crt anode to check for suspicious arcing? > I have done it numerous times over the last 27 years and never been zapped! > Of course I have been zapped over the years but not by doing this. > Robert > tvservice@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > H & H Electronics Inc > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Doug Keller" <dek@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 7:17 AM > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Sony PTV KP53HS10 intermittent loss of green crt > and brite red raster > > > > > > I was thinking the same thing. Must be tougher than I am! > > Doug > > > > Shoreline Electronics wrote: > > > > > > WOW ! Your waving a screw drive to see if it will arc! WOW! > > > > > > I take you have never been zapped by the 2nd anode ! Let me tell you > > > ...your fingers & arm will go numb! > > > > > > Been there , done that ! Only ONCE! And never again! I saw stars! > > > > > > I would use a HV probe in the future to try what you are attempting > > > > > > ========================== > > > Jeff Stielau > > > Shoreline Electronics Repair > > > 125 Beech Tree Lane > > > Westbrook, CT 06498 > > > 860-399-1861 > > > 860-664-3535 (fax) > > > jstielau@xxxxxxxx > > > ========================== > > > "If you push something hard enough it will fall over." > > > Fudd's First Law of Opposition - Sir Sidney Fudd > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: <tvservice@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 2:41 PM > > > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Sony PTV KP53HS10 intermittent loss of green > crt > > > and brite red raster > > > > > > > > > > > Bob or anyone on group, > > > > I readjusted G2 controls, that has stopped the green from blanking out > and > > > > the red from getting bright. I hear aloud pop as if the anode leads > may be > > > > arcing but can't find, tried waving my screwdriver near anode boots > and > > > > around flyback but wouldn't arc only pops maybe 2-3 times in a day. > > > > Could this still be G2/focus control block? > > > > Also I have jail bar lines on the left, suspect cap on B+ to Hor > output. > > > > Would you agree? > > > > Robert > > > > tvservice@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > H & H Electronics Inc > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Gemini Computer & TV" <geminitv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 12:58 PM > > > > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Sony PTV KP53HS10 intermittent loss of green > crt > > > > and brite red raster > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > That sounds like it may be a defective focus/screen block. I do lots > of > > > > Sony > > > > > and have replaced a few but not for that exact symptom. > > > > > > > > > > Bob Waterman, CET® #RI-28 > > > > > Master Technician License #9109 > > > > > Service Manager > > > > > Gemini Computer, TV, & Security Alarms > > > > > (508)695-7302 > > > > > (508)695-7769 FAX > > > > > geminitv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > geminitv@xxxxxxx > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "tvservice" <tvservice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > To: "Tech-Assist" <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 11:05 AM > > > > > Subject: [TechAssist] Sony PTV KP53HS10 intermittent loss of green > crt > > > and > > > > > brite red raster > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Any sony experts on list, > > > > > > picked up this unit on call yesterday, no schematic, unfamiliar > with > > > > Sony > > > > > > PTV. > > > > > > After on @ 10 minutes loses green raster filimants OK, +185 volt > on > > > > > cathode > > > > > > while this tube is out red will intermittently get very brite can > see > > > > > faint > > > > > > video in background. Green will intermittently flash back on for > 3-4 > > > > times > > > > > > at1 second intervals same time red will go normal. > > > > > > does not appear to be loose connections. > > > > > > Is this gonna be a dog!! > > > > > > any knowledgable help appreciated. > > > > > > Robert > > > > > > tvservice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > H & H Electronics Inc > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------ > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------ > > > 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 > > > > -- > > Doug Keller "Learn from the mistakes of others, > > Wis-Kel Electronics because you won't live long enough > > 101 Freeland Ave. to make them all yourself" > > Terra Alta, WV > > USA 26764 > > dek@xxxxxxxxxx > > ------------------------------------------ > > 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