RCA, ITC008FAM, 27R410T

This 27" TV came in with the HOT (TL035) shorted, fuse OK. Replaced with

230760 (S2055N) and replaced the Flyback (LL005) 262341. The TV now has good picture and sound. I have three questions:

1) The vertical heatsink is at 67 deg C, and the HOT heatsink is at 52 deg C. Is this typical of this chassis?

2) I noticed if the menu is displayed on the screen, and the channel is tuned up or down there is a momentary horz tear in the menu box. Without the menu displayed the picture is normal when tuned. Is this normal?

3) With the set plugged in but powered off, there is a noise coming from what seems like the switching transformer (LP003). Sounds more like sizzling as apposed to a buzz. Should the transformer be replaced?

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1) That's around 150F, doesn't seem too unreasonable. Some engineers will want their semis warm, they get better Vbe and Vce SAT voltages. This kinda works out in lower voltage situations where leakage is not a big factor.They do want the HOT cooler though (which it is) because of Dv/Dt as well as leakage, both of which derate with temperature. Remember heat sinks work by convection usually and if it's the same temp as the surrounding air there is no convection. I would say this is not a cause for concern.

2) With no other problems, the tearing is also probably normal. This is because the set is switching to a different sync phase and the bitclock of the OSD generator can't track it perfectly. If the OSD straightens out quickly when no signal is applied, all is well.

3) If you hear that buzz with the back off, it may be normal especially if the set runs. Some sets that don't use a seperate standby supply may run the main SMPS intermittently to be efficient. RCA did this with the CTC169, and once in a great while you'd get one you could hear. Never had to take any action though, you could only hear it at a short distance even with the back off.

Due diligence is a bit rare these days in any field, so it is good that you are paying attention, but I think you got a fixed unit here. Cook it for a day, wipe it off, leave it plugged in overnight and if it works the next morning ship it and get your money :-)

JURB

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JURB, Thanks for the detailed response. The TV has been running for a few hours now, and I will run it a few more days to make sure.

Thanks Tony

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I really don't like those run HOT. Vertical ICs really don't need to be running hot since vertical design is dynamic linear regulator design.

Tearing up stuff is normal on those ITC008. Cheap ITC008 chassis design.

The ITC008 PSU run/standby modes is turned off and on via burst mode pin on giant micro/jungle IC. When it's in burst mode it is run in bursts of high freq. newer STR ICs (5) pin types like STRF and later are burst type for low power standby.

Not quite done. If the ITC008 uses dynamic pincushion, the best fix to prevent shutdowns, leads to eventual HOT failure. Also intermittent width problems is cut both ends of thick 3 wire BF001 and BF003 plugs, pull pins out of circuit and solder ends directly in. Note the pin 1 and 3 is swapped.

Problem is either pins plating is not good for type of frequencies or current types made connections high resistance or the crimp in those plugs were loose because of wire gauge too small for type of crimp size. It is very INTERMITTENT, just wiggle those wires and fault disappears for days made this a dog for one who is not famillar with ITC008 chassis.

Cheers, Wizard

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Wizard, See below.

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