Thanks Phillip, Walter and Ed Sure enough, the filaments were open. Didn't expect the CRT in this case. And when I broke the end off the CRT neck there was barely a swooshing sound, not much air rushing in. -- Best regards, Bil Green 2001 TV VCR Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546 760-934-2001 mailto:tv.vcrrepair@xxxxxxxxxxx Friday, December 19, 2003, 1:11:15 PM, you wrote: EG> Sounds like shorted CRT. EG> -Ed- EG> Ed Gaidies EG> Tel-Tek Electronics. EG> Ontario-Canada EG> teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx EG> -----Original Message----- EG> From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx EG> [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bil Green EG> Sent: December 19, 2003 3:39 PM EG> To: .TECHASSIST @ freelists . org EG> Subject: [TechAssist] Toshiba CZ27V51 CRT Neck ARCING EG> Toshiba 27" TV EG> Model CZ27V51 EG> Chassis TAC 9911 EG> R216 is smoking EG> Set stays on for a fraction of a second, purple arcing inside CRT EG> (around G2 or focus electrodes) EG> With the CRT socket removed the whole neck lights up pale yellow EG> instead of purple. As if the filaments were receiving 15V instead EG> of 6V (of course the CRT socket is removed so that's not possible). EG> R216 is still smoking with the CRT socket removed EG> No time to measure voltages ***************************************************************************** Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/