Re: Lg 47lg5020

ROFL I am soooo sorry to have wasted so much of your brilliant wisdom and quality internet trolling time ((((rolling eyes))))) Your esteemed brain trust contributed nothing before and contributes nothing now. Since I could not find the way to delete the original post, I at least had the decency to post a summary of the solution.

Lets review the bidding--I registered was told I could make a post but not to post a new thread--ok enough review.

Thank you for your totally non beneficial post. I understand the compulsion to say something...

Re: Lg 47lg5020

Sorry that you did not get the advantage of a multi room school house education that it took you minutes to read (((rolling eyes)))). Sorry that your misplaced sense of self importance compelled you to give a nonsense response. That must have wasted hours of your time.

Lets review the bidding---I registered and was told I could post but not start a new thread. Enough review.

I solved the issue without the input of any of the brain trust you claim to represent. Hope you can read this before 2018 but if not Merry Christmas

Re: Lg 47lg5020

Solved. Somewhere the ground has been used as a neutral such that when a 3 prong plug is plugged into he outlet, regular ac current is thrown onto the ground everywhere. When the co0-0ax is attached to the cable box the current runs out to the co-ax ground point. Anytime sparks fly from the co-ax or HDMI port look to a hot neutral/ground in the outlet. The problem can go unnoticed for decades so long as inly 2 pronged plugs are used--introduce a 3 prong with hot ground and sparks will fly

Re: Lg 47lg5020

Too new here to start a thread so I am hijacking this one. Got a refurbed TX-47F430S Westinghouse 47 inch home from the store where it was working fine, plugged it in and I have sparking voltage on every HDMI and Coax connector yet tv comes on, big W logo. Anynone heard of this before and where would I start looking for the short. It fried my cable box and i am about to go check exact voltage from the short.