TECH: in [MA] to help with monitor blowing fuses

[ElGwako]

Have power coming in to the monitor. Thats about as far as i know or rather dare to go other than checking the fuse and other obvious checks(broken neck, bad connections, etc..). I see or hear nothing..no hummm and no glow at the filament( or whatever it is called). I know the procedure of removing the anode to send the chassis out and all that but i don't really want to go messing with it without knowing i need to do it. I'd like to see it done first anyway.
willing to pay of course.
If anyone has some suggestion of things i can check prior to bringing to a repair shop...i'm up for it.
I'm pulling it out of the cab tomorrow to get a better look at it. I will get the model and all that once i can read it. It is a 25" from an Atari Moto Frenzy game.
story goes that the game woked and was moved from end of the room to the other and then didn't work. i did reseat connectors and plugs and such, wiggled some wires, cleaned things up and did basic checks with no change.
I am in Mansfield, MA if i can hire soemone for it.
thanks

[SirPeale]

I'd do it, if it wasn't 143 miles away.

Take some photos and post them so we can identify the monitor.

[ElGwako]

I'd do it, if it wasn't 143 miles away.

Take some photos and post them so we can identify the monitor.

I was just in Vt over the weekend too! dag!

I haven't got back down ther yet to take the front bezel off to get the monitor out. It is a WG 25K7191 though.Once i get better access to it I can do some other checks. I am no good at diagnosing problems though.

[ElGwako]

upon further examination now that i got the monitor accessible, the fuse was actually blown. I replaced it only to get the crackle and pop of the new fuse.
I can get a used chassis nearby i think for $89 but i would still have to swap them. I'm a puss...i'd really like to see it done. I've already played with one monitor before and never got the cap to stay back in and i have no idea why. I really don't want to mess with my only 25" monitor.

trying to diagnose why the fuse is blowing??  I have no diagnostic skills. Ordinarily i would just replace the whole monitor, but I'd like to ge more involved than that.

[grantspain]

there's only a few things that will cause your mains input chassis fuse to blow-first unplug the degauss coil and desolder the ptc componant,next check any diodes on the primary ac side of the psu