Zenith TV's From Mid 90's

From Apr. 2002 Speaker

Page 15
NOTE: See Letter to the Editor at the end of this article
The Compete Zenith
By: Joe Sopko
From an unidentified Technician on one of the "Other" repair forums is a
posting that covers many of the Zenith TV's from the mid '!'s" They #ere
pag!ed "# reg!ator $ai!res$ and The Tech ca%ims that if you check
these items you #i%% fi& a'out !( of a%% )enith's"
*e a%so %ists a method of iso%ating the +ine Fi%ament$ #hich #as the cause
of the ,egu%ator fai%ure in the first p%ace" -s our Technician popu%ation
ages$ and your memory fades$ you might #ant to ".%ip and Save" this
artic%e for #hen you say "/o#$ 0ust #hat 1-S that resistor in the
regu%ator2"
3" 4.56763 8 ST,9:6!73 8 ;.<3=7! 8 any generic is O+"
>" ?6763 8 3>393>@79!3 or 9!> use ;.<3>6 for >:" sets and /T;37
>A" sets fast s#itcher" ;.<37 is /OT the same not a fast s#itcher"
6" ,673@ 8 7"A Ohm 3B> 1att
7" ,567>7 8 3!!+ C 3B> 1att
:" ,5676> 8 3=!+ C 3B> 1att
@" ,56766 8 3: Ohm C 3B> 1att
A" ,56767 8 76 Ohms origina% sets use 3 1att Dater Eode%s use >
1att
=" ,5676: 8 3! Ohms C 3 1att
" .676> 8 3!!B>:vdc change this on any set in for service causes a%%
kinds of pro'%ems"
3!" .6767 8 >>uf
33" Fiodes .r6763 B .r676> B .r6766 check these #ith the ,egu%ator
and Transistor out of circuit easier"
3>" %ther Pro"ems&
.567@ genera%%y 8 3!uf C either 63:vdc or 6:!vdc"
.>>3> 8 >>B3@vdc cause agc$ pu%%ing tearing$ sGuea%ing$ etc"
4f the picture tu'e is shorted$ try tota%%y disconnecting and iso%ating the
fi%ament po#er supp%y from the f%y'ack" Take some #ire and out >96 #raps
around the iron core on the f%y'ack and use this for your fi%ament vo%tage"
Eake sure to do a#ay #ith any coup%ing or fi%ter caps on .,T socket$ as
this has to 'e tota%%y iso%ated$ even if you have to cut or scrape a#ay some
of the copper foi%" This #i%% take care of a %ot of the "'%ue screen"$ etc$
cathode to fi%ament shorts that continuous%y '%o# the po#er supp%y" Sure
'eats 'uying an iso%ation transformerH
"The Speaker" #ishes #e cou%d give proper credit to the author of this
artica%$ 'ut on other Tech Forums$ the mem'ers use on%y /icknames for
their screen name" 1e thank the "Eystery Tech" for this information$
#hoever he may 'e"
'eo(&
)etter To The *ditor Con+erning The Arti+e A"o,e
Detter From:
*erman -ckerman
,eyno%ds TV I Video Svc
San Fiego .- >33@
4 en0oy reading your ne#s%etter and thanks for inc%uding me on your
mai%ing %ist" Found a fe# pro'%ems in the -pri% >!!> edition 4 thought 4'd
'ring to your attention:
"The .omp%ete Zenith" 'y the "mystery Tech""
*e states "iso%ating the +ine Fi%ament$ #hich #as the cause of the
,egu%ator fai%ure in the first p%ace""
-.%/011 Virtua%%y -DD regu%ator fai%ures in these units are caused 'y a
<3 shortH 4 thought every'ody kne# that" This guy ta%ks a'out insta%%ing
turns of #ire around the fB' transformer to save money on 4so%ation
transformers" 4n fact$ these devices are avai%a'%e for si& 'ucksH
*e a%so states "This #i%% take care of a %ot of the '%ue screen$ etc$ cathode
to fi%ament shorts that continuous%y '%o# the po#er supp%y""
-.%/01 The *9+ shorts #i%% /OT '%o# the regu%atorH The <3 short is
#hat '%o#s the regu%ator$ and iso%ating the fi%aments #i%% not cure the
pro'%em"