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New lamp, new color wheel, now what?
model # hd50lpw166yx7, TV is 3 years old. Yes the 5 blinking lights of DOOM are back, after I replaced the lamp, then took to TV repair place, they told me it was a bad color wheel, called RCA, they sent me a new one, put it in, pluged it in, once again 5 blinking lights! What should I attempt to do next, the ballast? I'm already into it, lamp $140, diagnostic $50, and now a color wheel $145!
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mitchkramez
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Re: New lamp, new color wheel, now what?
does it blink 5 times and shut off, or blink 5 times repeatedly?
have you pulled out the power supply to look for any puffy capacitors or burn marks around capacitors or any leaking electrolytic?
have you pulled out the power supply to look for any puffy capacitors or burn marks around capacitors or any leaking electrolytic?
Re: New lamp, new color wheel, now what?
Ya, when I plug it in it the power button blinks 5 times then stays on steady, can't turn it off? In the back left hand side I can see a red light, but I don't here any fans going or anything for that matter!
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mitchkramez
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Re: New lamp, new color wheel, now what?
That's pretty much exactly what mine did, other than the tv would turn off after the solid light was on for 5 seconds. I'm not sure what that red light is, but mine has the same thing and it's actually inside the inputs cage if you open it up.
I didn't have any fans, nothing made any noise, but as soon as those bad caps were replaced it came right on...
I didn't have any fans, nothing made any noise, but as soon as those bad caps were replaced it came right on...
