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Hatsune Mike said:
Are you sure it's the flyback? Is there a crack in it? If not, it might be something more mundane, like the HOT having blown, or the B+ voltage being wrong. Having to measure and adjust B+ after a recap isn't uncommon, and Toshiba chassis have a reputation for blowing HOTs after having been recapped. If you get neck glow, that's a sign your flyback might have a chance, since it usually comes off of a secondary winding to get the ~6.3VAC.
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that is some good information, thanks. I'm having the same issue where it would turn on and then as soon as you power off it won't cut back on again. I change the hot once and it worked one time then it wouldn't power back on again. I'm assuming it keeps blowing the hot but not sure yet. Was going to order more but they're kind of expensive to test like that.
There is a pot by the fly back to adjust HV but I don't know what to set it at. My fly back was either replaced or repaired at one point as it had been badly re-soldered at one point in time I posted a pic a couple pages back
 
kuze said:
brad808 said:
Kuze can you please verify part # of q431. On heatsink near flyback. Thank you
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Just noticed my HOT is completely different, it's K2847 and definitely has been changed at one point in time
 
Just heard back from Sharp Image Repair, unfortunately the flyback is bad on my Windy 2 chassis and it is being sent back to me as unrepairable.

They said they fixed the HOT which was bad and an issue in the vertical section as well before confirming that the flyback is bad. He said it makes a cracking sound inside when he turns it on now.
 
kuze said:
Just heard back from Sharp Image Repair, unfortunately the flyback is bad on my Windy 2 chassis and it is being sent back to me as unrepairable.

They said they fixed the HOT which was bad and an issue in the vertical section as well before confirming that the flyback is bad. He said it makes a cracking sound inside when he turns it on now.
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How reliable/honest is Sharp? I have friend who sent out a chassis and they said the same thing almost. Its unrepairable. My only experience was for them to have a working chassis for my AWSD, i almost waited 6 months until they stop communicating with me. I ended up selling my cab so no big deal. Want to send out a couple of chassis to be fixed, but kind of worried of the long waiting game, end up paying for something they cant fix or worse lose a working chassis as im not sure if its the chassis or the monitor that's not functioning correctly.
 
baklakiller said:
How reliable/honest is Sharp?
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I've yet to have reason to believe they're anything but honest. Parts aren't always available (like the Windy 2 chassis' flyback). We're /way/ past the point where most people are regularly having these things fixed at all, so it's not surprising that some things are simply beyond repair at this point from a parts availability standpoint.

I'm currently 4/5 repairs that went fine. The other is a chassis they've never seen before, replaced just about everything, and got stuck at one burnt out resistor they couldn't read the value of.

They only charge their diagnostic fee if it's not repairable, even if they do work on it and replace half the components. That's a pretty honest business practice if you ask me. They could charge for the work and parts too but don't.
 
rewrite said:
baklakiller said:
How reliable/honest is Sharp?
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I've yet to have reason to believe they're anything but honest. Parts aren't always available (like the Windy 2 chassis' flyback). We're /way/ past the point where most people are regularly having these things fixed at all, so it's not surprising that some things are simply beyond repair at this point from a parts availability standpoint.
I'm currently 4/5 repairs that went fine. The other is a chassis they've never seen before, replaced just about everything, and got stuck at one burnt out resistor they couldn't read the value of.

They only charge their diagnostic fee if it's not repairable, even if they do work on it and replace half the components. That's a pretty honest business practice if you ask me. They could charge for the work and parts too but don't.
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Yeah they seem honest to me. They only charged me $55 for a diagnostic fee and $10 shipping back to me. I'm pretty sure he said they re-capped it too and it should work fine if I can find a replacement flyback.

Honestly I didn't think it would be repairable, but it was worth it to me to find out for sure.
 
Oh on another note, is it possible and/or advised to pull an Egret 2 chassis from the maintenance hatch or am I best off pulling the whole monitor?

The E2 has this strange issue where certain parts of the screen grow/shrink depending on what's on screen. To me it seems like a capacitor issue, so I'm thinking of sending it to Sharp for servicing.
 
kuze said:
Oh on another note, is it possible and/or advised to pull an Egret 2 chassis from the maintenance hatch or am I best off pulling the whole monitor?

The E2 has this strange issue where certain parts of the screen grow/shrink depending on what's on screen. To me it seems like a capacitor issue, so I'm thinking of sending it to Sharp for servicing.
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Maintenance hatch brutha. Done it myself.
 
Definitely the maintenance hatch. You can just unbolt the entire tray after you've taken the yoke connectors, neck card, and anode cap off.
 
baklakiller said:
kuze said:
Just heard back from Sharp Image Repair, unfortunately the flyback is bad on my Windy 2 chassis and it is being sent back to me as unrepairable.

They said they fixed the HOT which was bad and an issue in the vertical section as well before confirming that the flyback is bad. He said it makes a cracking sound inside when he turns it on now.
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How reliable/honest is Sharp? I have friend who sent out a chassis and they said the same thing almost. Its unrepairable. My only experience was for them to have a working chassis for my AWSD, i almost waited 6 months until they stop communicating with me. I ended up selling my cab so no big deal. Want to send out a couple of chassis to be fixed, but kind of worried of the long waiting game, end up paying for something they cant fix or worse lose a working chassis as im not sure if its the chassis or the monitor that's not functioning correctly.
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I've said before it would be handy even for them to say how the flybacks have failed or which winding is shorted or whatever (assuming they are actually testing the flybacks and ringing them out and not just getting stuck then saying "dead fly"). I haven't really looked at mine too closely yet but if there is a common problem would be good to pay attention to it.
 
brad808 said:
baklakiller said:
kuze said:
Just heard back from Sharp Image Repair, unfortunately the flyback is bad on my Windy 2 chassis and it is being sent back to me as unrepairable.

They said they fixed the HOT which was bad and an issue in the vertical section as well before confirming that the flyback is bad. He said it makes a cracking sound inside when he turns it on now.
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How reliable/honest is Sharp? I have friend who sent out a chassis and they said the same thing almost. Its unrepairable. My only experience was for them to have a working chassis for my AWSD, i almost waited 6 months until they stop communicating with me. I ended up selling my cab so no big deal. Want to send out a couple of chassis to be fixed, but kind of worried of the long waiting game, end up paying for something they cant fix or worse lose a working chassis as im not sure if its the chassis or the monitor that's not functioning correctly.
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I've said before it would be handy even for them to say how the flybacks have failed or which winding is shorted or whatever (assuming they are actually testing the flybacks and ringing them out and not just getting stuck then saying "dead fly"). I haven't really looked at mine too closely yet but if there is a common problem would be good to pay attention to it.
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I did ask for more information when I was on the phone with them and the guy on the phone checked with the tech, he said it was shorted internally and they don't take on rebuilding flybacks. They were pretty humble and said it just isn't something they can handle.
 
anyone re-doing the wiring for their egret 2?

Given 1) my ground prong was cut off my power cable, 2) the egret 2 doesn’t have stock jamma anyway, and 3) even my wiring smells, im considering just doing it all over.

If anyone has a head start I’d love to know what you picked up and how you’re going about it. otherwise I think maybe AO has a parts list for the connectors anyway.

also still looking for that led replacement for my marquee
 
ekorz said:
anyone re-doing the wiring for their egret 2?

Given 1) my ground prong was cut off my power cable, 2) the egret 2 doesn’t have stock jamma anyway, and 3) even my wiring smells, im considering just doing it all over.

If anyone has a head start I’d love to know what you picked up and how you’re going about it. otherwise I think maybe AO has a parts list for the connectors anyway.

also still looking for that led replacement for my marquee
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I was going to commission @Lemony Vengeance to see if would do full wire harnesses.
 
Derick2k said:
ekorz said:
anyone re-doing the wiring for their egret 2?

Given 1) my ground prong was cut off my power cable, 2) the egret 2 doesn’t have stock jamma anyway, and 3) even my wiring smells, im considering just doing it all over.

If anyone has a head start I’d love to know what you picked up and how you’re going about it. otherwise I think maybe AO has a parts list for the connectors anyway.

also still looking for that led replacement for my marquee
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I was going to commission @Lemony Vengeance to see if would do full wire harnesses.
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hmmmmm.. lemme think about this. I can duplicate mine.
 
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