What happens if you break the fuse holder off the tv westinghouse-mip550d-5th-power-supply

I see so many here with no sound/nopicture issues:

ISSUES:

1. IF sound main fuse/s are good.
2. If no power or standby check main fuse, standby power supply and any signsof damage you can see---burnt parts etc.
3. almost all these sets the troubleshooting involves checking voltages on the main power board to narrow down theproblem.
4. Be safe and if you do not know what you are doing don't open the set.

Answers to issues:

1. RE:fuses---if a blown fuse is found get a good replacement(not the genericones like Radio Shack). Many fuses are special even aside from amperage--Don'tput a higher rated amperage fuse in the set for any reason.

2. RE: power supply in set: if total dead aside from main fuse the set uses astandby power supply that runs 7/24 and a main supply (some are combined andsome not.

Here aside from checking fuses you want to examine all the filter caps on thepower/standby to see if any are puffed up or buldged up in some fashion--Iattach a photo of a good one---top should be silver metal and PERFECTLY flatand have no brown material coming out on top or bottom.

What happens in the standby area is they use caps with too low a voltage rating(saves money) which causes them to fail in a year or two---the standby runs7/24 and the heat dries out the caps and they fail.

3. Trouble shooting consists of the above and then at some point you have to buyand try a board to see if it fixes it or not.

4. Safety first--no TV set is worth getting injured or even killed over.If set is opened at least look for puffed up and bad caps like in thisphoto.

Someone needs to look inside for blown fuses, or even bad caps in the power supply, care needs to be taken if you have never done this before.

First try a new power cord for the TV. If that doesn't solve the problem, the power supply has failed. (Possibly one or more capacitors on the power supply board have failed. Alternatively, a fuse, zener diode or resistor that works as a fuse has failed) You will need to open the tv and inspect the power supply. Westinghouse TVs use a number of different boards. If you want to replace the entire power supply, you will need to note that exact part number on the label. ShopJimmy has refurbished and used power supplies for this model: http://www.shopjimmy.com/westinghouse-sk-32h240s . The used ones are from TVs that were damaged in shipping and thus have minimal use. http://www.partstore.com/Model/Westinghouse+Digital+Electroni/Westinghouse+Digital/SK32H240S/Other+Remotes.aspx also has replacement parts.

I hope this helps.

Cindy Wells

Ur power supply board is dead.Take ur tv aparts,replaced the power supply board.Ur tv will get ur power back an the tv will work again.Tries websites like Shopjimmy.com,Ebay.com to buy a refurbish power supply board for the replacement.

check outlet power by connect other device, check power cord if OK check then unplug tv and open the back cover and check power filter fuse power filter is the one that you hooked power cord if OK check power supply board fuses if OK check the power supply board for bad blown components .good luck

More likely to either be the backlight inverter board went out or it is not getting the 24vdc from the power supply, need to chek out the voltage at the inverter fuse.
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You may have a bad plug point, a blown fuse or a faulty power supply, unless you are very familiar with TV electronics it must be serviced by a TV technician. The fuse is generally inside the cover.

Do you have any indicator lights at all? If you do, it means the 5v standby power supply is working, if not, check the main power supply for blown fuse first.

One of two symptoms on this model (LTV-32W6HD) Blue light comes on but cannot shut off. No picture; OR No picture but sound is OK. 1: In both cases replace ALL the electrolytic capacitors onthe output side of the power supply. This should get the power switch to worknormally. 2: Replace the small tiny wee little tiny small 2.0A fuse onthe inverter board labeled F1. This is the small black fuse, not the slightly bigger whiteones labeled F2 and F3.Ta Da...all fixed.

were on the power supply is the fuse located