Re: Common issue with Samsung BN44-00213A

Guys, Thank you for the good info. I came home from a week away, the house empty, to find the lounge telly dead. A quick inspection found the board fuse blown but the caps OK. New fuse saw the thermister blow and plug fuse as well. Still no definite cause seen, New plug fuse saw 2.2nf cap blow and then saw this post, confirmation of suspicions!! Ebay purchase of parts, 2 days, fitted this am, SUCCESS!! No signs of shorts in glue but, I suspect low voltage testing might miss a high voltage breakdown when set is under load. Cleaned all the...

Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

I am a retired computer engineer who started out as an electronics engineer in the mid seventies when hybrid tv's and valve amplifiers were still in use. I established a computer repair section for my employers in the early eighties and retired 6 years ago as the head of a University IT Department. I found this forum while looking for some information about the power supply in my ageing Samsung LCD tv set. I have repaired a fair few of these modern sets, mainly failed electrolytic but, this time there is clearly a short somewhere...