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I found the suspected reason for the HOT failure in the Toshiba. There was a 33uf, 160V high temp. electrolytic that connected between one terminal of the primary winding of the horizontal driver transformer and ground. This cap had been very hot and the paper was shrinking and scorched looking. The TV worked fine for several days after replacing the cap, HOT, fuse, and resoldering some questionable connections.
Now, if I can just get the owner to pick it up, which seems to be a problem with everything I take in lately.
I also have an older 31" Toshiba that had vertical problems. They won't pick that one up. Then, some woman brought me a severely beat up low end RCA CTC177 console that she just had to have fixed. I've been trying to contact her for estimate approval for 2 months. Every time I call, a man answers the phone, claims she's not home, and will have her call me. Of course, she hasn't called. The next time I call, I'm going to tell whoever answers the phone that she has until Friday to tell me something. After that, it goes to the trash. Then, another guy brought me a Chinese made Yamaha front surround sound system that i couldn't do anything with. He was supposed to have picked it up 2 weeks ago; but, it's still in my way.
While all this is going on, I have tons of MY OWN stuff that I'd like to fix; but, can't do so because everyone else's crap is in my way. I'm just going to have to learn to say "NO" when someone wants me to fix something.
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