Yet another modern RCA with a bad flyback...

[radiotvnut]

A long time ago, I remember someone asking what Zenith did to their '90's CRT's to make them fail after a short period. I'd like to know what RCA did, starting around '99, to make their flybacks not worth a crap. It seems like 95% of post-'99 RCA's that I find have a bad flyback.

The other day, I was given a 2004 27" RCA using the ITC008 chassis. I've seen two of these before and both had a shorted HOT and bad flyback. The HOT in mine is not dead shorted, reading around 80 ohms and the flyback passes a ringing test; but, I'm changing it anyway. I ordered an HR flyback and a HOT from HBF electronics. I hope the HR flyback is still available because the last time I ordered an HR flyback from HBF, I got a call informing me that the HR and RCA part was NLA. I had to settle for an Asti brand.

Over the past year, I've had several CTC203's, ATC113's, ATC013's (a digital SD set from 2006), and M134C's come in here with bad flybacks. Most of these came from the TV shop because the customer didn't want to spend the cost of a new flyback.

If I fix the current ITC008, I'll probably stick it in the living room to replace an '85 19" Sony. My Mother wants a little bigger TV provided that I can find one that has at least as good a picture as the old Sony. Of course, I'll stash the Sony out of sight in case the RCA blows up.