Tuesday, May 28, 2013

The Basic St Paul TV Repair Approaches

By Alison Wilcox


Due to the popularity of television as a source of entertainment in American homes, many St Paul TV repair technicians have had a source of livelihood. Consumers will rarely have a clue as far as the working of their gadgets is concerned. Many people will take a TV to the repair shop for small problems that they could have managed to fix on their own.

Abnormal brightness is usually attributable to faults in the screen voltage supply or the biasing voltages. Another cause could be dry joints in the circuit or short circuiting at the CRT neck. Anything between two and six hundred volts at the screen will be acceptable. If the brightness defects developed over a period of time, adjusting the screen control will sort out the problem.

Most fly backs have a knob that can be turned with a screwdriver to change the voltage delivered to the tube. Though almost obsolete, some sets have adjustment points located aside from the Switched Mode Power Supply. A careful study with a multimeter may locate the malfunctioning component in circuits within the vicinity of the cathode ray tube. Otherwise a few turns on the potentiometer should correct this if no other damages are identified.

Fuzzy pictures will result if the DC voltage falls outside the 2 to 8 kv range and these are moderated by varying a potentiometer at the neck circuit or on the fly back. If this problem persists, you may want to replace with new units especially if you notice a sticky deposit around the CRT neck. Blurring as the set warms up suggests leakages in the high value resistors used in voltage divider bias coupled to the 110 volts output of the SMPS.

With the passing of time, dirt and grime tends to get lodged on the circuits due to the presence of static charges. Dirt will alter resistance values due to its capacity to hold heat which in turn impacts on the components when the unit has been working for some time. One of the surest signs of faults in the high voltage circuitry is when the power on indicator does not turn on.

As with most domestic appliances, the supply from the power cord will have to go through a fuse for safety purposes. Fuses will break the circuit whenever a short circuit in the preceding units causes too much current to be drawn from the wall socket supply. Pushbuttons may also get jammed with dirt, giving the technician a very hard time locating the faults.

The tuner serves the purpose of processing signals captured by the antennae. The surest signs of faulty reception are poor quality video along with the sound output. Do not position your set near a transistor radio to reduce chances of signal interference. Some image defects may be directly traced to the presence of strong magnetic fields such as when a speaker is adjacent to the set.

The TV circuit should be perceived as a high risk area and should be a no go zone for the naive St Paul TV repair technician. Jewelry of any kind is discouraged in an electronics workshop due to the possibility of causing short circuits. Wear rubber soled shoes and never attempt to work when you are fatigued as you increase chances of making errors.




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