On Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at 4:10:12 PM UTC-5, hubops wrote:
Hi all ;
My old fat-screen CRT 32 inch RCA has taken on a mind of its own -
- it has started to turn itself OFF & ON after working for 20
minutes or so. I took the batteries out of the remote to see if it
was causing the trouble - it made no difference.
Any ideas ?
I like to keep stuff from the re-cycle / garbage bin, if I can.
John T.

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Put black electrical tape over the infrared receiver on the front of the TV to determine if it's getting spurious infrared pulses. Someone has already mentioned electrolytics that may have gone bad. If it was mine, I'd probably fool around with it to try to repair it but last year I bought a new 32" LED TV from a pawnshop for $150 and the darn thing is lighter than my 23" LCD computer monitor. I was able to tuck it under one arm and carry it up my front steps. My housemate has a 32" CRT TV that takes at least two people to carry with some difficulty. ^_^

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