shelbydogg;....
Another bad module?
If you are reffering to the IC , more than likely , yes....
But , this time it's time to find out what took it out....
I doubt it arrived defective.....
3157 and 3158 are in the blue vertical return circuit & are shunted by 3163 , a 100 ohm 3 watt resistor.......
3159 and 3160 are in the red vertical return circuit , also shunted....
My suspicion would be that the blue yoke has been damaged....
We can check that....
1st;=>....
How much electronic/TV repair background experience do you have ????...
HONEST answer , PLEASE....
Later....Ron.M.....
.... Well, I'm 50 now and have been playing with electronic circuits since I was about 12. I've built circuits from magazines and books by at first drawing PC boards with an etch resist pen to photo exposing light sensitive PG boards before etching them. I do lots of wiring by restoring old cars, houses, computers. I'm one of those guys that knows a little about lots of things instead of alot about a few things. I'll try to fix anything, and learn something about it, if I don't fix it. Not lots of TV repair background but my friend that suggested the -150 IC. Works on TVs for a living for a National company, so he is close by if I need any help. It seems like he is never able to repair MY TVs, so I try to do it myself or I take it to a local repair place if I tried, then couldn't fix it. My last big set, an RCA CTC-169 chassis 60"RP, I tried replacing anout $130 in capacitors, resistors and other components, then ended up paying the TV place $225 to replace the $3 capacitor that was causing a wavy picture. I even paid for the prints and scope wave forms, but still couldn't determine which cap was bad. I'll give it a heck of a try before I smash this cabinet into trash can size before the trash truck picks it up. (they won't pick up a big TV but will if it fits in a trash can) Rob