Re: RCA LED52B45RQ power board issue

Had the same issue with the same model TV. Both diodes appeared shorted in circuit; after removal it turned out one read good and one was a dead short. Replaced both with the MBR5200 Schottky as specified in this thread (after a couple quick confirmation messages from Keshenatech1 - greatly appreciated, BTW!) and TV works great again! Just wanted to say thanks to everyone on this thread!

Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

Hi all! New member Hurtinkitty here - Since 1993, I named my homebrew Hurtin' Kitty Ale and stole a picture of a cat from a Far Side cartoon; the cat had just been Heimliched out of a large fellow and looked like I feel the morning after a few too many homebrews, so...

Anyway, I was trained in Biomedical Electronics in the Air Force a LOOONG time ago; used to tinker with TVs when half of them could be fixed by a new 12AX7 tube and the other half could be troubleshot with a can of freeze spray, but it's been a...