Electronics Forum / Repair / September 2006

Two TV's "died" in same setup. What happened?
1) Mitsubishi CRT TV made in 2000, it was on continuously about 8 hours
a day for almost 6 years.
The TV power cable is plugged into the power outlet of a cable TV box.

    I'm looking for a tuning cap for a KLH 21 table radio (with a white
grill cloth) and would buy a 'basket case' that still has a good one.
The model 18 tuner and model 20 compact system likely use the same cap.
 Please contact me directly by e-mail if you have one that you would ...

I just fired up my 330A Harmon Kardon stereo receiver.  It's been
sitting a while.  It worked great at first but then all of the speakers
on both channels starting sounding fuzzy like they were blown (it
happened suddenly and I'm quite sure the speakers are fine).  Is that a

My Sony XBR35 video cuts out now after some minutes of running, so I
assume it's heat-related.  It makes a noise just like when the video
cuts in a few seconds after cold startup.  What is the device that cuts
it in on startup?  I figure I'd start looking there with a can of

Hello......TV gave me 2 or 3 beeps then nothing. Clicking is only thing
heard when attempting to turn it on. It sounds like the tv is about to
click on but it just keeps clicking. I tried unplugging for a while
with no results.

I recently replaced Y4301 a 503Khz resonator in this set. Now the customer
is saying that the screen is too wide. Adjusting the pot for width control
does not reduce it enough.
Is there a service menu on this set?

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damaged CD. It helps to restore and copy information of any type that
was at the risk of loss.
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my microwave - an old Sharp w/convection - has a nasty habit.
When the power goes on and off, as in a storm or not, occasionally it
will spontaniously start up, usually with the convection feature on -
'cause it gets very hot. I haven't noticed that the microwave was on,

I am trying to distibute RF TV signals around my house to various TVs
in other rooms.  I am running a cable from the RF out on the decoder to
a splitter, and then to the various rooms.   I found that I was getting
about 100 volts on the earth and live at the splitter.   I then found

Does ANYONE here know ANYTHING about these RCA Hotel Sets? I have
spent all day E-Mailing back & forth to the RCA "super Tech" from up
away,
& it's going to take me a week to get the info I want! I have the

have replaced solenoid
and fan works both foward and back  but solenoid to open shuttesr doe
not work any idea
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I have suspect cermaic cap marked R135 with 2294s on the next line
any clues what it is,  in pf
rgds

I need help!  I just got my d board in for my huge Sony rear projection
TV.  All was going smoothly until I had to remove the red high voltage
cables that are coming from the D board.  The damn thing is stuck!  I
followed the directions in the manual, turned the cable wire 90 ...

Hey all;
I'm thinking of building a remote switching system for a rack mount multi
effects unit (for guitar).  Most have a bypass footwsitch input on them, and
I know for channel switching on most guitar amps it's just a simple

I have a corroded ni-cad memory battery here, labeled
GS
GB50
50mah