Tv takes a few trys to turn on and after a while it might or might not turn on. if it does turn on it will only stay on for 30 min to an hour and then it will shut of again and start the cycle again.
Hello,
It's the problem of overheating in the power supply board of the TV.on the power supply board of the tv there are few capacitors and IC.any of this ic is got short or may be weak.so due to this when you start the TV the current passes from electric outlet to the power supply board of TV.but when the current passes from that weak/faulty part at that time current gets stopped or slow and the board overheats and TV shuts off. this is a common problem faced by many other users too.the possible option to solve this issue is to check the power supply board by a meter and continuity tester and replace the faulty component on the board which is short due to which power supply board is getting overheated.its bit technical job but yes its not at all a costly repair to do or get it done by the technician. for required parts it can be easily available from local electronic hardware shop.If otherwise power supply board is dead, u know basic electronics' and soldering? Most of the times, the power supply board just have dead leakages gases capacitors.These capacitors always bulges up on it top,or puff up on it top.Replaced these gases leakages capacitors will get your TV power stable,and work again.Or tries websites like Shopjimmy.com,Ebay.com to buy a whole refurbish power supply board for the replacement.
I hope this will help to solve the problem....
thank you, RCA doesn't recognize that as a good number. Hmmmm? And it is labeled U4 right on the board next to the IC, so not sure where the IC501 comes in. I'll do a little more digging. What would really be helpful is if I could read the numbers on the IC.
Thanks for your help.
ron
oops, I meant IC502 in my comments.......... ;)
I still haven't been able to identify U4 on the power supply board. RCA wasn't much help either. If anyone would have occasion to look at that board and IC (U4) it would sure be much appreciated. Or point me in the direction of a junk/used set.
Thank you
FYI, it was a upc358 op amp. Along with the photo coupler and high speed rectifier and 300 ohm sm resistor, solved the problem.
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