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I have never thought about it much but I want to fix up a TV which I belive
has an electronic problem. Is there anything I should be wary of while doing
this?

Tigger
 
"Tigger News" <tiggernews@hotmail.com>

I have never thought about it much but I want to fix up a TV which I
belive
has an electronic problem. Is there anything I should be wary of while
doing
this?
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** Make sure your will is all up to date, funeral expenses covered etc.


**** Jezus - what rock do these fuckheads crawl out from under !!!!
****




............ Phil
 
if you have to ask that question do yourself a favor and buy a new TV
cheaper than a funeral

"Phil Allison" <philallison@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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"Tigger News" <tiggernews@hotmail.com


I have never thought about it much but I want to fix up a TV which I
belive
has an electronic problem. Is there anything I should be wary of while
doing
this?


** Make sure your will is all up to date, funeral expenses covered etc.


**** Jezus - what rock do these fuckheads crawl out from under !!!!
****




........... Phil
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Give me some credit I have pulled apart and fixed every other household
aplicence just never a TV before. Since you guys seem to know everything
what do you think will kill me first


"craig smith" <csmith1au@dodo.com.au> wrote in message
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if you have to ask that question do yourself a favor and buy a new TV
cheaper than a funeral

"Phil Allison" <philallison@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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"Tigger News" <tiggernews@hotmail.com


I have never thought about it much but I want to fix up a TV which I
belive
has an electronic problem. Is there anything I should be wary of while
doing
this?


** Make sure your will is all up to date, funeral expenses covered
etc.


**** Jezus - what rock do these fuckheads crawl out from under !!!!
****




........... Phil
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"Tigger News" <tiggernews@hotmail.com>

Give me some credit I have pulled apart and fixed every other household
aplicence just never a TV before. Since you guys seem to know everything
what do you think will kill me first
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** Be told - top posting fuckwits using idiot handles and Hotmail get
no mercy.

What you *claim* to have pulled apart is nothing compared to the
"part" pulling you are doing.

Piss off.



............ Phil
 
"Wing Fong Wong" <wing.fong.wong@ieee.org


** I love Chinese names.

The one above is almost as good as " Li Ping Li " - a letter addressed
to whom arrived in my mail last Thursday by error. Good name for a
ymnast - what ?


BTW Is there really a Hong Kong porn movie star called "Long Fat" ????




............ Phil
 
Ok it can be done but never, never forget it can be very
dangerous and high voltage electricity doesn't usually give you
a second chance. TV's are particularly unforgiving.

If you decide you really want to become a DIY TV repairer 1st
read and fully understand a book like Homer Davidson's
"Troubleshooting and Repairing Solid State TV's." Also buy a
service manual for the TV in question so you are aware of where
some of the major nasties like the flyback transformer and the
high voltage circuits are. Make sure you understand how your
particular TV works and where all the high voltage components
are before poking around - know exactly what you are poking.
Make sure you know how to safely discharge the picture tube and
filter capacitors and why and when you need to.

Get a good mains isolation transformer, alway stand on a thick
rubber mat, make sure you have an earth leakage circuit breaker
equipped power point and always use high quality well maintained
equipment. Enter the words "TV repair safety precautions" into
Google and read at least 100 of the useful response.

Invest time in research, invest in good equipment and take all
recommended safety precautions and you might get away with it.
But still top up the insurance policy and make sure the will is
current.

I confess I am a DIY TV repairer myself. Before I started on my
TV I went to extremes in following recommended safety
precautions and spent months reading up on general TV repairs
and studying the service manual and circuit for the TV in
question. I had also spent 20 years before reading electronics
Australia and similar magazines and was involved in electronics
as a hobby. I was able to successfully fix my TV many times but
I also recently had some little frights (not shocks).

However, familiarity can build contempt and lead to careless
errors and oversights; as I found out TVs don't like it if you
mistakenly install a component of the wrong value or in reverse
polarity - capacitors blow up in a dramatic and dangerous way.
The lessons for me were: always wear safety glasses (lucky I
was), always double check replacement components (don't assume
the supplier has given you what you ordered) and never ever
work on a TV when over-tired.



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Regards
Blue

Remove Z from email address to reply directly.
 
Phil Allison <philallison@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
"Tigger News" <tiggernews@hotmail.com

Give me some credit I have pulled apart and fixed every other household
aplicence just never a TV before. Since you guys seem to know everything
what do you think will kill me first


** Be told - top posting fuckwits using idiot handles and Hotmail get
no mercy.

What you *claim* to have pulled apart is nothing compared to the
"part" pulling you are doing.

Piss off.



........... Phil



In more civil terms, what Phil meant to say was that the TV is one
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of more dangerous appliances to contemplate taking appart. With all
the high value caps a TV can deliver quite strong electric shock to
the unwary. And compared to other appliances, TVs are dangerous
beasts. It's recomended that you don't attempt to open up a TV, but
if you must we won't be of much use to you.

Of couse if you are really determine to service such equipment, I do
recomend that you take up a tafe couse or something like that. At
least there if you do electrocute yourself hopefully there will be
someone there who can save you.

Finally, there are many websites out there that have such tips, so
there is no need to ask here, just a bit of googling will give you
many results. But you do so at your own risk.

Wing Wong.
P.S. I have no experience what so ever in the field of consumer
electronics. And if have NEVER serviced and will NEVER service
any equipment. I'm just an Electronic Engineering student.
--
Webpage: http://wing.ucc.asn.au
 
Phil Allison <philallison@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
"Wing Fong Wong" <wing.fong.wong@ieee.org


** I love Chinese names.

The one above is almost as good as " Li Ping Li " - a letter addressed
to whom arrived in my mail last Thursday by error. Good name for a
ymnast - what ?


BTW Is there really a Hong Kong porn movie star called "Long Fat" ????




........... Phil




Feel free to call me Wing, that what everyone calls me.
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As for the pr0n star, I wouldn't really know, don't
watch that sort of stuff :p , do you?

BTW the name is not so funny sounding if you prononce it right. Its
more like Loong Faht, that a long 'o' and a long 'a'.

Wing Wong.
--
Webpage: http://wing.ucc.asn.au
 
Phil Allison <philallison@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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Wing Fong Wong <wing.fong.wong@ieee.org

I love Chinese names.

The one above is almost as good as " Li Ping Li " -
a letter addressed to whom arrived in my mail last
Thursday by error. Good name for a ymnast - what ?

BTW Is there really a Hong Kong porn movie star called "Long Fat" ????
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Gareth Powell claimed that some HK woman had been conned
into calling herself Penis Wong and would answer the phone that
way. Hard to believe, but thats what he claimed.

I know one chinese fellow who called himself Blunden Butt.
We presumed that he had overdosed on pulp western
paperbacks before he showed up in this country.
 
"Tigger News" <tiggernews@hotmail.com> wrote

Give me some credit I have pulled apart and fixed every other household
aplicence just never a TV before.

****** Or subtitled"How to become a brain surgeon in two easy
lessons"!!!!!!!

Brian Goldsmith.
 
"Brian Goldsmith" <brian.goldsmith@nospamecho1.com.au> wrote in message
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"Tigger News" <tiggernews@hotmail.com> wrote

Give me some credit I have pulled apart and fixed every other household
aplicence just never a TV before.

****** Or subtitled"How to become a brain surgeon in two easy
lessons"!!!!!!!

Brian Goldsmith.
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And for gawds sake don't even think about trying to fix Microwave ovens.
There have been instances where techs qualified to fix TVs have tried their
hand at fixing Microwaves and been killed doing it (they've assumed the
power circuitry fundamentals are similar - there are a few fundamental
differences which can be lethal to the unwary).

Ciao



Kevin
 
On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 16:37:49 +1100, "Tigger News"
<tiggernews@hotmail.com> put finger to keyboard and composed:

I have never thought about it much but I want to fix up a TV which I belive
has an electronic problem.
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http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/F_tvfaq.html
http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/F_Repair.html


Is there anything I should be wary of while doing
this?
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http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/F_tvfaq1.html#TVFAQ_020
http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/F_tvfaq1.html#TVFAQ_021

Tigger
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- Franc Zabkar
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"Phil Allison" <philallison@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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"Tigger News" <tiggernews@hotmail.com


I have never thought about it much but I want to fix up a TV which I
belive
has an electronic problem. Is there anything I should be wary of while
doing
this?


** Make sure your will is all up to date, funeral expenses covered etc.


**** Jezus - what rock do these fuckheads crawl out from under !!!!
TROLL !
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What a waste of time he is.
 
"Tigger News" <tiggernews@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:400a1bb2@news.rivernet.com.au...
Hello All

I have never thought about it much but I want to fix up a TV which I
belive
has an electronic problem. Is there anything I should be wary of while
doing
this?
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Capacitance. nasty.

Two sources - capacitors , pretty large ones.

- The tube - the older the CRT the slower they
discharge.

There is a high voltage between the sharp end of the tube and the front, set
up by the flyback transformer ... the transformer connects to the tube by a
big well insulated cable, that connects to the tube under a suction cup ,
right ?

Discharge the tube by connecting a wire to ground on the TV circuit boards,
and grounding the conductor underneath the suction cup on the side of the
CRT.. make sure only the ground wire goes under the suction cup.
 
"Leon." <noemail@noemail.noemail.com>

TROLL !

What a waste of time he is.
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** Jerk offs like you Leon are not worth feeding.

You have not the fucking faintest why I told that poster to bugger
off.

It was done simply to save the fool's life.





............. Phil
 
"Leon." <noemail@noemail.noemail.com>

TROLL !

What a waste of time he is.
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** Jerk offs like you Leon are not worth feeding.

You have not the fucking faintest why I told that idiot poster to bugger
off.

It was done simply to save the fool's life.




............. Phil
 
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