Testing B+ Voltage on a Sanyo EZV

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What do I set my meter to and where EXACTLY do I put my test leads again? I tried where I thought I was supposed to be checking and got a reading of 220. WTF? I did have my meter set at 500 in the AC/HV section, as setting at 200 in the AC section gave me a reading of zero. I do admit that though I do cap and replace flybacks on these monitors pretty regularly, I never check or set the B+ Volts because they always work right the first time. I am repairing one for another guy and the image was all jittery and jumpy, with parts of it tearing and coming back, jittering again, etc. I adjusted most if not all of the jumping out after a cap kit, but I wanna make sure it doesn't have further issues.
 
Perhaps I misunderstood - but for some reason I thought you were saying you had your meter set to 200VAC when trying to test your B+ voltage.
 
Perhaps I misunderstood - but for some reason I thought you were saying you had your meter set to 200VAC when trying to test your B+ voltage.

Yeah, that's what I said. Am I doing it wrong? Me not understand. I thought I was dealing with isolated AC voltage here. HV no less. Not the case? I am the worst technical guy in the world, so I need as much help as I can get when it comes to this side of things.
 
Yeah, that's what I said. Am I doing it wrong? Me not understand. I thought I was dealing with isolated AC voltage here. HV no less. Not the case? I am the worst technical guy in the world, so I need as much help as I can get when it comes to this side of things.

Phet, funny, I have an autosensing meter and never noticed. Quick Google shows it is DC.

I guess it's converted AC.
 
Your B+ should be VDC. I'd set your meter to 200VDC and do the reading. Just make sure you are testing at the right points. (Which I do not know the answer to either but I'm sure somebody here does!)
 
Your B+ should be VDC. I'd set your meter to 200VDC and do the reading. Just make sure you are testing at the right points. (Which I do not know the answer to either but I'm sure somebody here does!)

Wow, no wonder I am getting such strange readings. What a loser I am. YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG!! Ahahahahahahahahaha, I hate technology.
 
Yeah, that's what I said. Am I doing it wrong? Me not understand. I thought I was dealing with isolated AC voltage here. HV no less. Not the case? I am the worst technical guy in the world, so I need as much help as I can get when it comes to this side of things.

You remind me of Jow. TP91.
 
Phet, funny, I have an autosensing meter and never noticed. Quick Google shows it is DC.

I guess it's converted AC.

Yeah I never knew. Wonder how all these newbs have been checking it? The old standard response to "My 30 year old Sanyo has jail bars and is jittery" was "CAP KIT!!", Then it became vogue to say "Set your B+ Voltage to 108 you dumb shit!!" I wonder about this place sometimes.
 
Yeah I never knew. Wonder how all these newbs have been checking it?

I dunno. But it's not like the topic hasn't been covered before, again and again and again. Test point BJ.

And I don't know how you managed to get along all these years with arcade games without knowing that B+ is always DC. Of course, if you read the sticky thread you'd know that. :D

-Ian
 
I dunno. But it's not like the topic hasn't been covered before, again and again and again. Test point BJ.

And I don't know how you managed to get along all these years with arcade games without knowing that B+ is always DC. Of course, if you read the sticky thread you'd know that. :D

-Ian

I did read it, that's the best part.
 
The immediate capkit response drives me bonkers especially when I had a beautiful monitor that started going into shutdown. Turns out the shutdown pot just needed to be turned to clean and back to its original position. Works awesome again! Easiest fix ever.
 
You remind me of Jow. TP91.

That one tiny phrase helped me more with this issue than 5 years of being on these forums. It measures 107.8. Finally! Wonder why no one else can just give you the simple facts rather than getting all technical (for no apparent reason in many cases). TP91. Brilliant.
 
That one tiny phrase helped me more with this issue than 5 years of being on these forums. It measures 107.8. Finally! Wonder why no one else can just give you the simple facts rather than getting all technical (for no apparent reason in many cases). TP91. Brilliant.

Glad I could help you out with your pickle...
 
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