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I have a mitsubishi tv model wd 60638 I changed the lamp. Tv works fine for about 20 minutes then I start to smell like something is burning then picture starts to flicker, what could could cause this

This is the second time I have changed the lamp, in the past 8 months tv is about 5yrs old

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You have a bad connector in the lamp. Stop running the TV immediately and contact the company you purchased the lamp from. this is common in older DLP tvs but not in one 5 years old unless you have a lot of hours on it. the connector can crack and arc inside the plug and then melt and smell terrible. It usually very repairable if you can get a ballast for it. the plug is part of the ballast.

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U restart the tv,u hear alots of clicking?That mean the Ballast is dead or have problems,that why ur picture lamp not sustaning the picture.Replacing the Ballast might or will sustance the picture.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on May 23, 2012

SOURCE: replaced lamp in my mitsubishi wd 60638 dlp but now I have a flickering picture

Sounds like a new lamp that is generic (not Mitsubishi) as the set does not know which lamp is in the set--works with one and not the other you have found your problem.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Sep 01, 2012

SOURCE: MITSUBISHI WD-60638 WORKS OK THE FIRST 3 MINUTES AND THEN LOOSE COLORS AND STARTS SPARKING BUT IT NEVER LOOSE PICTURE.

If it is sparking unplug the set and have a shop or tech look at it.

mbarre

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  • Posted on Dec 04, 2014

SOURCE: replaced lamp on my Mitsubishi 82 in dlp. after 15 minutes pic started to flicker losing color. was advised to also change lamp ballast, did that but still flickers with new lamp. put old lamp back in

When you put the old lamp back in did the picture look OK? If so why did you replace to begin with? Yes, there are some poorly manufactured lamps out there, where did you obtain the replacement? Was it true OEM?

Testimonial: "picture looked ok but dark as it was before replacement. replaced the original lamp since picture was getting very dark and increasing the brightness did nothing. replacement says it's a Phillips lamp."

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