I have a Kogan 42" LED LCD TV that loses back-light after about 50
minutes running time. After cooling down it works fine again.

It has the PSU board bsf-pi420401a.

It can't produce the fault with the back detached, to even find out
which voltage is going down.

Has any one had a similar problem with this board, and maybe found the
fault? I noticed that it is widely sold as a spare (but not in Australia
).

(like
http://www.rivervalleyelectronics.ne...er-supply.aspx)

Thanks

Tony

On 09.07.14 3:48, Tony wrote:
I have a Kogan 42" LED LCD TV that loses back-light after about 50
minutes running time. After cooling down it works fine again.

It has the PSU board bsf-pi420401a.

It can't produce the fault with the back detached, to even find out
which voltage is going down.

Has any one had a similar problem with this board, and maybe found the
fault? I noticed that it is widely sold as a spare (but not in Australia
).

(like
http://www.rivervalleyelectronics.ne...er-supply.aspx)

Thanks

Tony

Cause:heating.
Solution:cooling,moving air.
Try aiming a blower at the back of the tv,
and see if if stays on.
If that works, get a 6-8inch computer van and
screw it into the right spot.
Those tv's/monitors have a rotten heat management.

On 07/08/2014 6:48 PM, Tony wrote:
I have a Kogan 42" LED LCD TV that loses back-light after about 50
minutes running time. After cooling down it works fine again.

It has the PSU board bsf-pi420401a.

It can't produce the fault with the back detached, to even find out
which voltage is going down.

Has any one had a similar problem with this board, and maybe found the
fault? I noticed that it is widely sold as a spare (but not in Australia
).

(like
http://www.rivervalleyelectronics.ne...er-supply.aspx)


Thanks

Tony

A hair dryer and some cold spray will help you find the culprit,
although in most cases it is a bad capacitor - look for ones with
bulging tops or where the insulation sleeve has pulled down relative to
others of the same brand.

An ESR meter can help with this if you read up on using it...

John :-#)#

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On 9/07/2014 11:20 AM, Sjouke Burry wrote:
On 09.07.14 3:48, Tony wrote:
I have a Kogan 42" LED LCD TV that loses back-light after about 50
minutes running time. After cooling down it works fine again.

It has the PSU board bsf-pi420401a.

It can't produce the fault with the back detached, to even find out
which voltage is going down.

Has any one had a similar problem with this board, and maybe found the
fault? I noticed that it is widely sold as a spare (but not in Australia
).

(like
http://www.rivervalleyelectronics.ne...er-supply.aspx)


Thanks

Tony

Cause:heating.
Solution:cooling,moving air.
Try aiming a blower at the back of the tv,
and see if if stays on.
If that works, get a 6-8inch computer van and
screw it into the right spot.
Those tv's/monitors have a rotten heat management.

Thanks, I was actually thinking the same. However, why has it been
running OK for 2.5 years? Something most have happened. I'd hate to see
the PSU going up in smoke one day.

Tony

On 9/07/2014 1:34 PM, John Robertson wrote:
On 07/08/2014 6:48 PM, Tony wrote:
I have a Kogan 42" LED LCD TV that loses back-light after about 50
minutes running time. After cooling down it works fine again.

It has the PSU board bsf-pi420401a.

It can't produce the fault with the back detached, to even find out
which voltage is going down.

Has any one had a similar problem with this board, and maybe found the
fault? I noticed that it is widely sold as a spare (but not in Australia
).

(like
http://www.rivervalleyelectronics.ne...er-supply.aspx)



Thanks

Tony

A hair dryer and some cold spray will help you find the culprit,
although in most cases it is a bad capacitor - look for ones with
bulging tops or where the insulation sleeve has pulled down relative to
others of the same brand.

An ESR meter can help with this if you read up on using it...

John :-#)#


Thanks John. I have used the heat blower, trying to get the fault to
show, but maybe not long enough. I was already worried that the fault
may be in the LEDs, but that'd be a slim chance. I heated up the 2 other
boards as well, no change.
No caps bulging and no dark spots on the pcb.

Tony

On Tue, 08 Jul 2014 22:34:53 -0700, John Robertson
wrote:

...snip...
A hair dryer and some cold spray will help you find the culprit,
although in most cases it is a bad capacitor - look for ones with
bulging tops or where the insulation sleeve has pulled down relative to
others of the same brand.

An ESR meter can help with this if you read up on using it...

John :-#)#



hear, hear! Hair dryer and cold spray are your friends when it comes to
these pesky intermittent problems.

for a really 'available' cheap esr, take a look at Bob Masts's LCR meter
using soundcard:, I think circa June 20th he released his 'new' LCR meter
aimed at these esr measurements.



Bob Masta

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Frequency Counter, Pitch Track, Pitch-to-MIDI
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Science with your sound card!

On 07/09/2014 01:48 AM, Tony wrote:
I have a Kogan 42" LED LCD TV that loses back-light after about 50
minutes running time. After cooling down it works fine again.

It has the PSU board bsf-pi420401a.

It can't produce the fault with the back detached, to even find out
which voltage is going down.

Has any one had a similar problem with this board, and maybe found the
fault? I noticed that it is widely sold as a spare (but not in Australia
).

(like
http://www.rivervalleyelectronics.ne...er-supply.aspx)


Thanks

Tony

The solution is to go to Youtube and look up Renee Everhart and watch
one of her videos. By the time she starts getting naked and playing with
her snatch, you will want the back light to go out.

On 09.07.14 8:11, Tony wrote:
On 9/07/2014 11:20 AM, Sjouke Burry wrote:
On 09.07.14 3:48, Tony wrote:
I have a Kogan 42" LED LCD TV that loses back-light after about 50
minutes running time. After cooling down it works fine again.

It has the PSU board bsf-pi420401a.

It can't produce the fault with the back detached, to even find out
which voltage is going down.

Has any one had a similar problem with this board, and maybe found the
fault? I noticed that it is widely sold as a spare (but not in Australia
).

(like
http://www.rivervalleyelectronics.ne...er-supply.aspx)


Thanks

Tony

Cause:heating.
Solution:cooling,moving air.
Try aiming a blower at the back of the tv,
and see if if stays on.
If that works, get a 6-8inch computer van and
screw it into the right spot.
Those tv's/monitors have a rotten heat management.

Thanks, I was actually thinking the same. However, why has it been
running OK for 2.5 years? Something most have happened. I'd hate to see
the PSU going up in smoke one day.

Tony


The specs for power transistors at full load and temp was
4 years in the past.
Reason:the layers started to diffuse into one another at high
temperature, turning NPN into N?P?N?.
I doubt if the newer ones will last 4 years.
At half load/temp, they last almost forever.
And that is bad for bizznez.

Phoena J. wrote

a lot of rubbish

Hey NSA, could you track down this guy, and terminate his internet
access?

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On Wed, 09 Jul 2014 14:17:25 +0800, Tony wrote:

Thanks John. I have used the heat blower, trying to get the fault to
show, but maybe not long enough. I was already worried that the fault
may be in the LEDs, but that'd be a slim chance. I heated up the 2 other
boards as well, no change.
No caps bulging and no dark spots on the pcb.

I don't know the exact model you have, but my 42" Kogan LED/LCD has a
Samsung screen so I'd expect the LEDs to outlast the cheap Chinese
build of the rest.

BTW, mine periodically faults to a "digital raster" in either the full
screen or some lesser rectangular area. It also periodically locks up
and has to be power cycled on the frame.

On 10/07/2014 10:56 PM, pedro wrote:
On Wed, 09 Jul 2014 14:17:25 +0800, Tony wrote:

Thanks John. I have used the heat blower, trying to get the fault to
show, but maybe not long enough. I was already worried that the fault
may be in the LEDs, but that'd be a slim chance. I heated up the 2 other
boards as well, no change.
No caps bulging and no dark spots on the pcb.

I don't know the exact model you have, but my 42" Kogan LED/LCD has a
Samsung screen so I'd expect the LEDs to outlast the cheap Chinese
build of the rest.

BTW, mine periodically faults to a "digital raster" in either the full
screen or some lesser rectangular area. It also periodically locks up
and has to be power cycled on the frame.

Sorry to hear that. Should be rather complex to deal with the digital
picture works

Not sure which brand screen mine has, but there is a quality problem.
After cooling and heating the PSU had no results, I went a little
deeper. I found the two 100uF filter caps of the PWM circuitry for the
backlight to get really hot (lousy ESR) I replaced them. No change.
Then I found another 470uF Elecrto cap in the supply for the PWM
circuits to be totally dry, but replacing this one also was no solution.
Amazing how stuff keeps working with half dead parts.

Then I started to disconnect loads while the fault was showing (the PSU
is actually quite good and caters for shorts by switching off), I found
the culprit was one of the four LED backlight strings. Nice short when
hot enough. You can even hear the spark (@43V).

Unfortunately there are always 2 sets of LEDs in series, so if you
disconnect one you are taking two out of action. To my surprise the TV
works just fine on a half a set of LEDs. I'll leave it like this.
Changing the LEDs would be a major operation I would only embark on, if
I had a spare screen to play with.

Has anyone ever replaced the LEDs of a 42" LCD screen?

Tony