Damon, I'M trying to locate the 180uf on the secondary, I can't find it to mark it on my S.M. Did you by any chance Mean C4141 A 470 of at 180v I found it. Thanks John Conti's TV Texas City , Texas >From: "Damon" <DamonEB@xxxxxxxxxxx> >Reply-To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: [TechAssist] Re: [TV] CTC169 - Dead - FIXED >Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 20:11:22 -0500 > >Actually the 39uf cap is the one that WHACKS the chopper transistor....gets >leaky, adds DC to the AC signal and just turns that chopper on harder until >it dies a day later.... > >The 2.2 uf, when it dries out causes the standby 143 to rise as high as >170V >dc.... > >Now there's one other that can mess with you.....It's the 180uf B+ cap on >the secondary....I've had 2 or 3 that when they go bad, it won't startup, >and measuring the 143V supply in standby you will see it sitting at 143, >then it drifts up to 152, then down, then up to 170, then down and it >sticks >at one voltage for a bit....that's because you get HASH on the DC voltage >and it fools your meter...but not a scope.... > >Damon B >Telrad Electronics >Fort Wayne IN >----- Original Message ----- >From: "David Lessard" <mr_fixit@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 4:42 PM >Subject: [TechAssist] Re: [TV] CTC169 - Dead - FIXED > > > > > > Peggs, > > > > I do own a ESR meter and it found several bad capacitors around U4104 > > (TEA2261). I replaced 2.2uf/100v, 15uf/50v, 39uf/50v and 470uf/50v; this > > brought the TV back to life. I'm lucky because I'm told a stressed > > 2.2uf/100v cap can take out the chopper transistor and TEA2261 IC. > > Thanks to all who responded, you know who you are. > > > > David Lessard > > Mr_fixit@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > Alexandria, Ontario, Canada > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of peggs > > Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 10:32 AM > > To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; tv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > > techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: [TV] CTC169 - Dead > > > > If you have an ESR meter(get one if you don't)...........check the Caps > > around the TEA2261 > > > > Peggs > > > > At 08:49 AM 1/11/07, David Lessard wrote: > > >Hello Techs, > > > > > >I have a CTC169 that is dead, the SMPS chopper transistor is intact and > > >so is the HOT, I have no voltage at either end of CR4118; I have 15V at > > >U4101 pin 16. I have parts coming in today, all the caps around U4101, > > >NTE580 (CR4118), TEA2261, etc. I want to be sure about what is causing > > >the problem, does anyone have a troubleshooting flow chart on the SMPS > > >or any tips on what I should be looking for. > > > > > >Thanks, > > > > > >David Lessard > > >Mr_fixit@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > >----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------ > > >Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm > > >Set Vacation > > mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation > > >Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login > > Problems?". > > >Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ----- > > Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm > > Set Vacation > > mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation > > Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > > Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > > > > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- >--- > > Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm > > Set Vacation >mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation > > Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > > Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > >----------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm >Set Vacation >mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation >Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". >Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ _________________________________________________________________ Type your favorite song. Get a customized station. Try MSN Radio powered by Pandora. http://radio.msn.com/?icid=T002MSN03A07001 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/