Hi,
Since my previous post (see below), I had performed a few more tests, including a picture tube substitute. Someone (I found via Google) had a similar case in 2003. He replaced the FBTas a last resort, and gave up. Note: I was unable to contact this person.
Please, will someone who had a similar experience with this brand of TV, tell me what you did to fix it..
Thanks Very Much in advance, Brad
PS, I promise, if I fix this "Super Dog", I will post an "Update:" so everyone will know what caused this problem.
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I have a "Super Dog" Curtis Mathes/Samsung TV model CM27001S (mfg. 11/01) in my shop. I have SM (.PDF file).
I have updated this from my original post and added more information.
The TV will turn on. There is around 27KV (measured) for the CRT. There is vertical deflection and good sound, but just as the picture begins to show, the TV turns off. Note: This happens every time you turn on the TV.
Note: Regulated B+ is 130V (measured). Caps have low ESR. A 200 ohm dummy load on +130V doesn't cause voltage to drop at all.
I unplugged the CRT pcb and the TV stays on. I plugged it back onto the CRT and turn "screen" (FBT) to minimum. I turn on the TV and it says on, but when I turn up the "screen" slowly, just as the picture begins to show, TV turns off. Note: I tested the CRT and it is AOK. I scoped FBT with "screen" turned all the way down. Very good FB pulses which doesn't change at the point the TV turns off (by advancing the "screen"). The "Xray" circuit is NOT the cause (tested).
I opened the ABL line and put a 10K resistor from the FBT ABL pin to ground. The ABL line, now isolated, will be unaffected by FBT/HV trippler "effects". The ABL circuit has a 79K resistor to regulated B+ and a 6.8K resistor to ground which will keep the voltage constant on the now isolated ABL line. With "screen" turned all the way down, the TV stays on. As I slowly advance the "screen", I see a good quality picture for a split second, then the TV turns off.
I disconnected the HV lead from CRT and isolated it so no arcs occur. This in effect, removes a "load" (when picture shows) on the HV trippler/FBT. The TV still turns off.
I opened up the screen circuit on the CRT PCB and used an external adjustable power supply to supply the screen voltage to G2 in the CRT on a chance that if G2 shorts, it wouldn't "effect" shut down, but the blasted TV still turns off. I am just about ready to give up.