Panasonic CT-1310M keeps blowing horizontal output transistor

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Originally Posted by vol.2

this particular TV you are working on isn't worth what someone competent is going to charge you. You could easily be looking at over $100/hour for that kind of thing, and it's a basket case.

I think it's worth it. Almost nobody has these CT-1310s anymore (Well, my neighbor did, until I showed up a month ago). We'll just have to see what Shipley's says. After all, they appear to have rave reviews and are still in service.

If I must continue working on this set, the way forward would probably be replacing transistors and diodes. After all, the HOT is a big transistor & was blown when I first got this set (which is why it'd been thrown out).