"Fred Mann" wrote in message
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On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 15:20:40 -0800, "Fred Mann"
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I have a Samsung TV manufactured in 1998. I picked it up from a trash
pile
on bulky-item pickup day!! To my surprise, it worked fine. But
occasionally,
the picture would "compress" or shrink in an oscillating fashion. It
would
"shrink" in the way that the image "shrinks" when you turn off a TV
(right
before the screen goes black). It would oscillate, and sometimes turn
itself
off. (sound was fine) Gradually, this started to happen more often, until
it
began to turn itself off after only a couple of minutes. Now, when I hit
the
power button, the TV does not come on at all, but there is a "click"
sound,
followed immediatley by another "click" sound as the TV shuts itself back
off.
Any ideas?
Thanks!!!
Fred


Observe all proper safety precautions, and resolder the connections to the
flyback to see if that cures it.

BB


I don't know how to identify the flyback. I have soldered and desoldered
things, but I don't know TVs too well. Do you have a link to a
diagram/picture, or can you explain how to locate the flyback?

The flyback is the transformer looking thing with a large wire coming out the
top and attaching to the bell of the picture tube. It's also one of the things
that will ruin your day if you touch the wrong spot.

Also keep in mind that a TV also has places that can ruin your day if you touch
them even with the power off. In addition to some largish capacitors, the tube
will store many tens of thousands of volts of static virtually indefinitely
unless the technician specifically dissipates it.

The old rule was "one hand in a pocket at all times".