CJT wrote:
Ken Weitzel wrote:

Rick Brandt wrote:

George Jetson wrote:

"Rick Brandt" wrote in
:

Because it's a gamble. You can spend 50 to 60 bucks in an "attempt"
to fix it. If your time and effort is worth anything at all
considerably more than that. And when the new fly-back is in place
there is a very good chance that the set will be just as dead as it
is now.

That's why I'm asking for advice on troubleshooting. Besides, if I
wasn't trying to fix the TV, I'd probably be WATCHING TV, or playing
on the internet, so so my time and effort isn't worth all that much.


Just be mindful that when working on a set (even one completely
disconnected from power) that there is more than one place you can
touch that will light you up pretty good. The old rule being "one
hand in a pocket". A 27 inch will have about 30,000 volts stored in
the tube and some of the larger capacitors can get your attention as
well.


Hi...

I think it specified the "left" hand in the pocket...

Take care, be safe, and happy holidays.

Ken

So left-handed people can't work on TVs?


Hi...

Hehehe.. none that I ever met

Seriously, the theory was that the left hand (shoulder) was nearest the
heart, so the path of current flow would be least likely fatal from the
right hand to wherever it was going, rather than the left.

Take care.

Ken