Re: Hitachi 50inch Plasma black lines

I have a fluke, but it broke a few months ago. Someone told me that Fluke is kind of like Zippo, as they will fix and repair Flukes free of charge if you just send it in to them.

Re: Hitachi 50inch Plasma black lines

So I need to order a new y sustain board as well I would assume?

Re: Hitachi 50inch Plasma black lines

Cool, got pictures to upload finally...

Re: Hitachi 50inch Plasma black lines

I put them in another tv since and they are still working perfectly, but that is noted I will not be messing with them while powered on anymore. I am new to plasma so I was unaware of this.

Is there another board I should be looking in to?

Re: Hitachi 50inch Plasma black lines

I have inspected the cables, no damage whatsoever. They all look brand new and I can get the lines to go away sometimes with the right amount of movement, the problem is that when I get them seated right and go to clamp them they move a little bit and mess up again. I was also told that moving them while the tv is powered on is not advised but I could not imagine trying to do it without power, as it would be more tedious. The real problem is having a portion that should be at the top of the screen on the bottom. what would cause this to happen?...

I hope I am doing this the right way, I have never used forums before.

I have a Hitachi 50 inch plasma tv model number is [B]P50H401A[/B]
It was not working at all when I got it, after reading some posts on the forums and taking the back panel off I discovered that there were 2 bad capacitors 100v 3300uf, which I ordered and replaced. The tv had no picture on the upper half of the screen which led me to look into the buffer boards and the upper board had a scorched chip in it. I was able to order and replace the part and now have a picture. Problem is that about 5 inches of...

Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

Hello all. I am new here as a user, I have however been coming to this site for awhile. I repair all sorts of electronics, from kuerig coffee makers to PCs and laptops. I enjoy getting my hands into everything and learning to do stuff myself. I appreciate all the wonderful posts on this site, as by just reading into things I have been able to diagnose and repair 3 televisions in 3 weeks 2 lcd and one plasma.
Anyways thanks to everyone and I am glad to be a registered user now.