Bpc xl100

[radiotvnut]

Looks like a 13" set that uses either the TX81 or TX82 series chassis and I've replaced a lot of those transistors. Other than the transistor in which you speak of, those sets could be real dogs. And, I'll also warn you that the main filter cap will retain a full charge even after the TV has been unplugged for an extended period of time. Discharge it or you'll get a nasty shock. On those, I never discharged them by dead-shorting the terminals. I always used some kind of load, such as a high wattage lightbulb or a high value power resistor. I guess if I needed a 13" TV and if I had one of these on hand, I'd use it until it died; but, I wouldn't make too much of an effort to get it going. There are loads of other '90's BPC TV's out there that use more straightforward circuit designs that are not as hard to service. By the time this set was made, GE/RCA was owned by Thomson and their quality had really gone down. About the time this set came out, Thomson introduced the CTC17x series that had the bad tuner ground problems.