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CasetheCorvetteman · Joined: 09 Nov 2008 Posts: 6326 Location: Australia

Curt, focus lead was not able to move when I open the cover, was zip tied in place. I put 8 layers of heat shrink on it, but the issue remains, and it isn't this lead cause I left it hang out while I ran the set, and ran the back of my hand along it to see if it was capable of arcing, but nothing.

**Curt Palme** · Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 8:33 pm Post subject:

I'd still suspect HV issues, either the quad or splitter.

CasetheCorvetteman · Joined: 09 Nov 2008 Posts: 6326 Location: Australia

I have two spare splitters, ones says blury the other i cant read. There is nothing but silence in the splitter area.

km987654 · Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 5:36 am Post subject:

the big E · Joined: 20 Apr 2013 Posts: 1928 Location: speedwell Tn.

Case I know this may seem strange but I had a projection tv do about like this within a month the flyback went dead and was arcing internally even before it failed

Just a thought it may be in the hv power supply or a tube lead

Also now you know how I felt when my Ecp was doing this very same thing(except it would arc at random times with no warning) also I noticed the picture on the red tube would twitch and slightly lose focus I replaced the high voltage power supply it helped some but not a lot(never got the issue nailed down before the lvps bit the big one)

All you would hear was a LOUD SNAP and the alignment grid would pop up(not good when you a few feet from the beast)

CasetheCorvetteman · Joined: 09 Nov 2008 Posts: 6326 Location: Australia

E its none of those things. Leads are all perfect. No arcing or even any sound comes from that section of the machine. It is all sectioned off.

I havent got a spare quad at this point. Not the leads, no arcing that end.

If there a way to insulate the quad? Has anyone tried it?

km987654 · Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 9:38 am Post subject:

km987654 · Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 9:40 am Post subject:

Some information here

https://www.curtpalme.com/forum_archived/viewtopic.php@t=32488.html

CasetheCorvetteman · Joined: 09 Nov 2008 Posts: 6326 Location: Australia

Thanks mate Wink

Will have a read now.

the big E · Joined: 20 Apr 2013 Posts: 1928 Location: speedwell Tn.

I know but you now know how I felt when I had hv issues with my Ecp that's my point

**Curt Palme** · Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 2:12 pm Post subject:

try taking the quad off the side of the chassis. Float it in mid air, or as best you can. That might reduce/eliminate it.

Decibel · Joined: 31 May 2007 Posts: 904 Location: Roma - Italia

Curt ... I think that's impossible.
The quad have a multipolar wire very short that's connected to the main board.

**Curt Palme** · Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 2:32 pm Post subject:

As long as he can get the metal plate away from the chassis, that will isolate that ground plate, and can stop some internal arcing.. sometimes. Some quads fail that way, and at least he can see if the issue is quad related. I've had both quads and splitters (and sometimes EHT boards) cause noise in the image.

CasetheCorvetteman · Joined: 09 Nov 2008 Posts: 6326 Location: Australia

Curt, will it work if i put a piece of rubber in there?

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 4:25 am Post subject:

Francisco · Joined: 05 Apr 2007 Posts: 305 Location: The Netherlands

Hi Case, this is one of the most common problems of the 909 919 etc.
The quad you have comes from a 1209s or 808, it will work with cine 9 without problems. Friend of mine has it also in his Cine9.
But I bet this one wasn't new when replaced the original, so it's not a suprise if this one is failing now.
With my 4 x 919 I got also 5 defective quads and fortunate some spares as well.
Sometimes they start arcing internally, after a while it will also go outside and you can smell it too when that happens.
One of the defective quads arced so bad that it went black at all sides.
There's a guy which tried to repair quads but I don't think he suceeded. Rubber plate won't help you, the arcing and sound comes from within the quad and will come out soon or later or it will fail before completely. I would suggest you to buy a new one. Personally I think this is the problem. Splitters hardly fail and if they do you would have other issues.
Good luck!

ElTopo · Joined: 07 Nov 2006 Posts: 1640

The quad is the "cheapest" part of the Cine9.

CasetheCorvetteman · Joined: 09 Nov 2008 Posts: 6326 Location: Australia

Im on it, should have some spares soon. It gets limited use lately anyway as the XG is set up in my bedroom and now has its own HTPC as well. Ive get some screen material samples coming to test out, once everything is set i will throw a new set of tubes in the spare housings and get everything ready for a full brand new setup.

Im likely increasing the screen width to around 2.7m and changing to a 16:9 screen instead of the 5:4 aspect that worked so well with the XG.