thanks Kip for your advice on getting a tech in to look at it,

but i thought i might see if any of you guys out there that know your
stuff
might be able to give me some ideas on what the problem could be, for
example the Tranformer etc, or if anyone else out there has come
across this problem before and has had it repaired

before i pay a tech lots of money to give me an estimate, (nobody
does free estimates these days )