"Chris" wrote in message
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On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 21:48:53 -0700, "Art"
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Have the Vertical Deflection Circuitry repaired.
"Chris" wrote in message
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It's a Panasonic CT-36G24C. I've had it for 5 years. I came home
from work today & turned the set on. The pic was okay for a while,
but when I looked back, it was a horizontal line in the middle. I
could see movement. I turned the set off & turned the surge supressor
off for 5-10 min. When I turned it back on, the picture was full, but
shuddered for a minute, went to a thin line & then went full. It's
been fine for 3 hours now.
I read in the paper that the hydro company's been lowering the voltage
intermittently due to the high usage. I'm hoping this could be the
cause, but I'm not too optimistic.
Does anyone have an idea what could cause this & about how much I can
expect to pay to fix it?

Thanks,

Chris

Thanks for the comments. I didn't have any lights on so I don't know
if they dimmed. I'll try the iron & tapping tricks.
It looks like it won't be too much to have it looked at & repaired.
I'm no electronics technician, so if it does it again, I'll bring it
in to a shop.

Thanks,

Chris

It's nothing to with reduced mains voltage. You have a problem with the
vertical scan (field) circuit - could be any number of things, although a
dry solder joint is a strong possibility. A bit of judicious tapping around
the field ouput ic might help locate the problem.