Hi everyone, Hoping to get some help with this issue as I'm completely stumped on the fix and need some technical advice here...
TV Powers on, bulb illuminates and picture shows for approx 20-30 sec then the TV shuts down and a faint electrical sound can be heard for a few seconds before it attempts to restart... When the bulb is removed and powered up the electrical sparking sound can be seen on the ballast board in the back where the bulb wires connect. (It did this with a new ballast board as well)
(Strangely when the bulb is removed the electrical shorting on the ballast board happens about 3 times before a power cycle. Unsure why....)
I've already had to repair a few things on this tv so I'll list them to rule them out as the issue...
Bulb (obvious first) DLP chip (PITA to get realigned lol) Main power board Bulb Ballast board
I really love this TV and I'd rather not give up on it yet but I'm running out of answers on what could be causing the issue here.