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Thank you, radiotvnut and old_coot88, for your helpful information. That article was quite good, and I also feel confident about the light bulb technique.
Unfortunately time was not on my side this weekend (control systems block diagram reduction homework takes FOREVER) so I did not get to open the set up yet. I'm hoping to get to it soon, but college comes first...
Anyway, the set now just turns on for a second or two and then shuts off, no matter what. The tube powers on and attempts to stay on, but it shuts back down quickly.
I have a question regarding the capacitors:
Do failing capacitors smell something like fish or ammonia? When I first fired the set up at home, it let off a REALLY ammonia-fishy smell. I shrugged this off as just being the smell of the thrift store impregnated in the plastic, but now that I thought about it, the smell was present only when I had the start-up issues. Once the TV was on and running, the fish smell went away quickly.
Last edited by technoman9; 01-31-2012 at 11:39 PM.
Reason: Typo and some extra info
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