Looking for B1DEKQ000003? The TH-42PX60U repair kit has it.

B1DEKQ000003 is a power FET made by Panasonic and used in a number of power modules such as power and sustain boards.

For whatever reason - sometimes I suspect it is simply a marketing trick to enforce customers and partners to use only their own brand - Panasonic seems to be constantly changing the naming conventions of their semiconductors, specifically power / IGBT transistors.

A Google search for B1DEKQ000003 on Dec 3 2001 would yield Encompass and PartStore at the top, each offering the above said transistor for about $50.

You can't get much specification about the transistor let alone a more reasonable price.

Well of course both exist - substitutes and more reasonable prices.

Take the repair kit for  TH-42PX60U's power board:

It has the B1DEKQ000003 (or substitute) and a few other parts on top of that and as of today (Dec 3rd 2011) it is on sale for half the price Encompass asks!

Don't know how it looks on your end, but where I'm from it's a no-brainer.

LCX043AUB5 LCD panel for Sony KDF-55WF655 available

A customer asked us to find LCX043AUB5 for them and we bought a few along with the regular order from our vendor.

If you need the LCD you can get it here.

Is it really my problem that I do not speek Spanish / Chinese / Indonesian / whatever?

Lately there have been a few cases of customers accusing me of being rude or flat out stealing out of them.

The thing is, they do not speak English (and of course they do not read it) and any attempt to communicate to them that what they bought is not what they thought they were buying, but was what it SAID it was (in English) or any attempt to tell them that I can not understand what are they saying is, well, doomed as they do not speak English.

As you can see below one of them actually told me I *must* learn Spanish because there are 80 million Spanish speakers in USA.

Of course, considering he's the one with a problem in the first place it seems to me he should learn English although, in all fairness, I also see enough native English speakers who also buy based on what they *think* rather than what the listing says.

So perhaps it's even more important to learn to pay attention to what you are actually buying and applying common sense than learning another language.

And yet there are at least 200 million English speakers here in US and a recent study found the Hispanic children to be the largest poverty group in USA, ergo the least educated one.

So it seems to me the solution is to have everyone speak at least the official language of this country before they start accusing others. Maybe not perfectly - I myself am not a native English speaker either - but at least enough so you can communicate in the official language of the country.

If you can't then you should only blame yourself.

From where I stand I'd readily lose 80 million illiterate customers.

What do you think?

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From: huongdao2010
To: coppelltvrepair
Subject: Other: huongdao2010 sent a message about YPPD-J015C YPPD-J016C NEW FOR 6871QYH039B 6871QZH044B #110666219259
Sent Date: Aug-15-11 04:14:51 PDT

                   

Hi ! My ic same part number excetp the letter E.A,B,C,E r they the same ? thank - huongdao2010 To:  huongdao2010 From:  coppelltvrepair Sent:  Aug-15-11 08:56 AM Dear huongdao2010, The answer is in the listing description - make sure to read all of it! - coppelltvrepair ---- From: huongdao2010 To: coppelltvrepair Subject: Other: huongdao2010 sent a message about YPPD-J015C YPPD-J016C NEW FOR 6871QYH039B 6871QZH044B #110666219259 Sent Date: Sep-27-11 08:00:28 PDT                    Dear coppelltvrepair, Hi ! i did not installed these ic until last week.It give me a very wear symtom i got only half picture and disappear after 15second other haft r in block.Look line the Ic were defective?Can do something about this? Thank - huongdao2010 To:  huongdao2010 From:  coppelltvrepair Sent:  Sep-27-11 10:16 AM Dear huongdao2010, I am sorry, I do not understand your English. But from the little I understand it seems to me you have a bad buffer board. If either of those ICs were defective you would not have gotten half an image. - coppelltvrepair ================ > From:Armando Martinez [mailto:mandyelectricoatyahoodotcom] >Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 8:11 PM >To: Coppell TV Repair >Subject: Re: RECLAMACION PURCHASE IN 09/12/2011    ID#27G75424W2450110K////ITEM#110637056886....I NEED THAT....6871QZH956A...YOU UNDERSTAND ME   >MRS ..KOLEV IN THE UNITED STATES NOW LIVES NEAR 80 MILLIONS  > SPANISH  ,YOU MUST LEARNIG SPANISH FOR YOU JOB.....YOU SENT ME  > WRONG ITEM  .I DON'T NEED REPAIR MY BOARD I NEED BOARD  > COMPLETE ...PLEASE I WILL RETURN YOUR KIT....YOU MUST GIVE ME MY  > MONEY...THANK...ARMANDO.I RETURN YOU THE  SAME WAY ....I WAIT FOR  > YOU ANWSER...BLEASING.ARMANDO..EXCUSME.....

When 6871QYH039B fails, should buffers be replaced too? (same for 6871QYH039A, 6871QYH039B)

Question:

Hi. My concern is should I go ahead and get the Y-buffers too. Cant a bad buffer blow the new Y-sus? How can I check the buffers without replacing the Y-sus? Do you carry the buffers? Thanks, Geo.

Answer:

With this particular YSUS, an in fact with most sustain boards made by LG (at least in the 2004-2007 models) I would not worry about the buffers when a YSUS fails for several reasons:

 

First, the popular concept that when YSUS fails one should look for the buffers is most likely coming from the Samsung designs from the same time period. LG electrical design is similar and does not have the same failure characteristics as the Samsung boards.

In the Samsung cases it's the buffer board that fails first and damages the YSUS.

With LG, the sustain actually fails before the buffer and usually does not affect it.

Second, when the LG buffer ultimately fails (because that can happen too) it does not tend to damage the sustain. It is possible for it to happen, but it is rare.
 

Instead, when an LG plasma buffer board fails (e.g. in Toshiba 42HP66 or  50HP66) it will typically cause a vertical line as explained in this previous article.

As with any failure it is not guaranteed that it will happen that way. It's just the most common result.

 

So, in a nutshell, it's not worth worrying about the buffers at the time when you know the problem is in the sustain.

It's not bad to check them, but it would be unusual for them to have failed at the same time with the YSUS.

LG 42PC5D YSUS EBR36954501 EBR39214401 question

Question: 
I am trying to fix an LG 42PC5D, no picture, does not pre-warm up the screen, the fuse on the YSUS board FS5 1.5 amp is blown, it blew again after replacing, it is connected to the STEP-UP/FLYBACK SWITCHING REGULATOR on the board, I don't have a schematic and working on plasma is new, without tracing the circuit board traces, is this something this driver chip would fix this problem?

Answer:
It might or might not, I can't promise.

That fuse doesn't usually burn when the IPM fails. It is not impossible for it to happen, of course, but if I were you I'd search where the high current to blow the fuse is coming from.

It may or may not be the IPM.

ICP250 3A00SMT datasheet or equivalent substitute? Lucky you!

If Google has ranked this page high enough for you to land here while looking for a substitute or at least the damn value of that damn resistor with marking  ICP250 3A00SMT then you're in luck.

The damn value is 0.16 Ohm at 5 watt.

A good American (i.e. documented and distributed in America) substitute is TWW5JR15E. It is not exactly equivalent, but it is definitely a good substitute. 

I know because I use it for some time.

Now, this is not going to make me serious money, but as a sign of your gratitude you can (if you wish!) order two of the above from the below button. 

(It is two because in my world buying one of anything worth less than the postage to receive it is impractical; for that matter, if you want more just drop me an email.)

ICP250 3A00SMT REPLACEMENT / SUBSTITUTE (2 PCS):

A word of caution: This is reasonably powerful as far as resistors go. It is used in power boards like YPSU-J017A, TV sustain boards and possibly other power modules in consumer electronic devices.

This resistor does not burn without a reason!

You're probably going to have to replace more parts on that board!

Sony NSX-32GT1 broken front cover leads to Samsung Google TV

I recently acquired a brand new Sony NSX-32GT1 web TV with Google TV, which is pretty much a 32'' workstation at 1080p. It's way cool!

I got it cheap because its front cover was cracked, but, oddly enough, the display behind it was intact.

I didn't make a picture of the TV while it was assembled, but got a picture of the front cover once I took it off:

After being unable to find a replacement front cover for under $250 (which of course did not make any sense) what else could I do than what I did?

Here's what I did:

This is not a Photoshop at work here.

I took a 32'' Samsung LCD with broken display (you can find those easily on Craigslist) and just moved the Sony into it.

It needed a little rework and , in all fairness, it's not complete.

For one, the Sony had only two buttons on it - the power and the remote sync button (similar to the Sync button on the Wii consoles) while the Samsung had all the standard buttons for menu, channel, volume etc.

So there was a little and simple patchwork mapping two of the original buttons - POWER and MENU - to do what the two buttons on the Sony did.

Sorry I didn't take pictures of the inside, I was just too excited doing it :-)

And second, the Sony has another panel with inputs, below the first one, as well as a side panel. Those feature another two HDMI inputs, USB inputs, LAN socket and earphones plug.

All those are currently still under the cover as frankly, I figured the main and coolest use of this TV is the built-in wireless Internet card ,so you don't really need to run a LAN cable to it.

Anyway, that's how it is.

I'll update here the Samsung model that I used for the job...as not every 32'' LCD TV will do...I tried a few others before finding this.

By the way, now the LCD is looking *directly* the open air where before it was behind the ultra-cool front cover, yet another optical surface anyway.

It's simply looks even better now, although unprotected.

I think it's cool.