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[Kamakiri]

To me, the actual theory behind operation, etc, came last. Contrary to popular opinion, you don't need to go back to Ohm's Law and study circuit design to be able to repair a television, in most cases. Most often times, the repair of a set involves a simple flow chart that you can develop yourself in your mind, and the tenacity to get beyond the one most popular statement you'll say to yourself over and over and over, every time you start to fix one.

Replace this statement:

"Oh, #$@&. I REALLY don't want to do this part. I wish I could leave this part up to someone else who can do this a lot easier than I will. I'll probably screw it up royally"

With this one:

"Well, I guess ain't nobody gonna do this, so if I want it done,, I'm gonna have to try.....I'll just be as cautious and careful as I can doing it. I'll learn about it step by step as I go through it, and ask questions if I have any."

Repair books are great for diagnosing and repairing certain conditions, but they don't anticipate multiple system failures all at once....and you will most certainly be facing exactly that. I have one book that is titled "Television Repair in 15 Minutes". Yeah, B....S.....!

Remember, we're dealing with electronics that are over 40 years old. Repair books were made for sets that were relatively new, or newer than what they are now anyway....rendering them useless unless you've already done a considerable amount of component replacement to begin with.