On the topic of Sylvania TV's-Snapping sound

[Keefla]

Ok, Since we've recently been talking about Sylvania TV's I figure ill throw this question out there. I bought a Sylvania TV from a yard sale back in 97 or 98 for 5 bux cause the speaker was no good. It's model CA8112WH, 12", Manufactured APR of 78. I replaced the speaker and used it for a bit till the tint and color controlls started flaking out. I replaced the Pots and it worked great untill about the summer of '04 when one night as i was watching it i heard a loud snapping from the TV along with a disturbance in the picture similar to what lightning would do. it was 3-4 loud snaps (like arching). the TV kept playing but i shut it down right away. Leading up to this there was always a sizzleing/buzzing (faint but there) noise when the set was on, after this incident I unplugged it the let it sit for a few days and pulled the back off. I found the HV cable looked charred in one spot like it *may* have arced through to the chassis, but i wasnt sure. I had a guy take a peek at it and he said something about he re-routed the HV lead. The TV worked after that but the picture was kinda odd, like you could see the shadow mask grid (like looking through a screen winow) imposed on the picture. I pulled the back off to see what this guy did and he just looped it around and zip tied it So Im guessing that its casuing a magnetic field and messing up the picture. This was all back in '04, and Its only been on for about 5 minutes total since it acted up, that includes when i got it back from 'Mr. Fix-it '. Anyway I will try to post pix of the HV lead, and shots of the chassis for you to maybe pick out something I missed, but I kept the TV for the one reason that the picture on it was AMAZING!! The way everything looked on it was awesome, best picture of any set ive ever owned, so much so that ive hauled it with my when i moved even thow it didnt work. I cant bear to get rid of it in hopes a satasfactory repair can someday be performed.

Help Help, you think im on the right track? Or no? Any common issues with those sets?


Thanks all.