Acquired another monster plasma the other day, it was sitting on the side of the road getting nice and soaked in the rain, for a 100 lb. set this thing seemed to weigh double, must have been all the water weight!
Anyway, after tearing the whole thing apart and cleaning/drying every inch of it, I powered her up and everything seemed to work except for the video, so that got me thinking that the Y-main/buffers were a good place to start.
I checked the all too common FETS that usually blow but they're ok, in fact the only components on the board that are obviously bad are 4 zener diodes that I assume control the lower buffer board:

I can't find the specs of these diodes anywhere, but a youtube video where someone tests them leads me to believe that they're 36V: (the test occurs around 6:15)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5mYKAgMoB4
A post in another thread on here claims that they're 30V, if anyone has any insight on the specs of these things I'd love to hear it!
Anyway, after tearing the whole thing apart and cleaning/drying every inch of it, I powered her up and everything seemed to work except for the video, so that got me thinking that the Y-main/buffers were a good place to start.
I checked the all too common FETS that usually blow but they're ok, in fact the only components on the board that are obviously bad are 4 zener diodes that I assume control the lower buffer board:

I can't find the specs of these diodes anywhere, but a youtube video where someone tests them leads me to believe that they're 36V: (the test occurs around 6:15)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5mYKAgMoB4
A post in another thread on here claims that they're 30V, if anyone has any insight on the specs of these things I'd love to hear it!
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