I am new to this board, didn't even know it existed until several days ago.
I have been following several threads that are going on in the TV troubleshooting Forum,
and am very impressed with the amount of technical expertise that is evident here.
Now to my question. I have a Vizio Model vw42l unit that I am trying to fix for my son.
When I try to power it up with the power on button, nothing happens. No logo light or back
light. On checking the voltages on the main board, I have no 12v supply. I have checked the
fuses and they are both good. Fuse F1 has 5.17v...

Re: Another Vizio VW42L Tv out of the land field for now.

Thank you for your response. I have 3.34 v on the button board.

Re: Another Vizio VW42L Tv with no 12 volts

I am new to this board, didn't even know it existed until several days ago.
I have been following several threads that are going on in the TV troubleshooting Forum,
and am very impressed with the amount of technical expertise that is evident here.
Now to my question. I have a Vizio Model vw42l unit that I am trying to fix for my son.
When I try to power it up with the power on button, nothing happens. No logo light or back
light. On checking the voltages on the main board, I have no 12v supply. I have...

Re: Bigjohnga

My name is Bigjohnga and I am new to this forum. I have worked in the Corragated Box field all my life, mostly as a Industrial Tech and latter on as a Industrial Electronics Tech. I have dealt with CNC machines, networks and all forms of Industrial repairs. I am retired now and have been playing with repairing several TV's that I have been given. I look forward to logging in to this forum because it seems that the is a lot of tech knowledge here.