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Originally Posted by hi_volt
The guy who looked at your set obviously didn't want to work on it. It would have been nice if he would have just been honest with you and said that, instead of putting on the show he did. I've never learned the fine art of diagnosing electrical problems (other than intermittents) by tapping the circuit with the back end of a screwdriver  |
You are so right, as others have been earlier in the thread, in that he did not want to fix the tv. Looking back it's so easy for me to see that his intent was to come by, give me some mumbo jumbo while waving his "magic" screwdriver wand, and then tell me it needed a flyback tranny, output transister, and the tripler is a part of all this, collect his check for $39.95 for coming out and bidding us a fond thanks for the check, see ya later, bye. He first said he wanted to come out 'cause it's an old Zenith and he wanted to see it. To see if it was possibly something simple but turned out not to be. I should've had my first clue when he arrived and was just opening his repair kit while saying "I must be out of my mind for doing this", therefore setting himself up for the "it'll cost to much to fix" exit.
And so here I am in the forum looking to move forward to, hopefully, a happy ending. Thanks again for the assistance and encouragement as next I will attempt to find the chassis model for the proper schematic.