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- From: chrz@tellabs.com (Peter Chrzanowski)
- Subject: Re: Sony TV screen goes blank
- Message-ID: <1992Jul30.221622.16083@tellab5.tellabs.com>
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- Organization: Tellabs, Inc.
- References: <16@ravel.ati.com> <1992Jul29.070125.19398@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
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- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 22:16:22 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul29.070125.19398@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>, billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson) writes:
- > duncan@ravel.ati.com (Jim Duncan) writes:
- > :
- > : In my case, the set's owner got a $180 repair estimate. She then
- > : bought a new set for $300 and gave me this one. The resistor was $50
- > : from Sony, service manual was $20, and it cost $25 to get the set away
- > : from the appliance store that had given the estimate.
- >
- > The resistor was $50? Was it gold plated? :-)
- >
-
- These resistors, found in Sony and other televisions, divide the high
- voltage to the CRT to an intermediate value (typically ~2kV-5kV) for the
- CRT's focus electrode. These are indeed special resistors, as
- ordinary sorts would arc-over at these voltages. They are encased
- in epoxy.
-
- Replacements can usually be bought from the ECG- or SK- series.
- $50. is indeed rather expensive (it's a Sony!); $15-$20 is more usual.
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