Re: TX-L50B6B Failing to start up backlight flicker

Hi NomoreSonys.

Thanks for the replies and suggestions.
After having a good look around the site and the net, it seems these are terrible for backlights going. I have read a few where the inverter board was replaced and problem stayed the same. I think I will strip out the boards and tip it as I never know what I will find in my job and I quite often come across TV’s.
My other TV is a 55 inch Logik (vestel) I repaired that by replacing a few diodes after reading a thread or two on here, it owes my...

Hi.

I have a Panasonic TX-L50B6B (Vestel, I beleive)

TV tries to start up, during this time the backlight will flicker every second or so
After a couple of flickers TV turns off and red light flashes every 4-5 seconds.

I have removed the back and gave a visual inspection and everything looks fine to me. This TV has a what I believe to be a Backlight Inverter Board, I unplugged this and applied power to set and the set still turns off after the same amount of time (without backlights obviously)
Having read a few threads it seams it may...

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Hello and thank you for letting me Join.
I am a 50yr old Huseband of 29yrs and have been maintaining the household electrical items for all this time. I currently have a problem with our tv, which I will be starting a thread about shortly (although I think I have already found the problem through reading a few threads)
Thanks again and will speak soon. 👍