Dont throw away those flat screens when they die.
I fixed one today, 30 minutes and 5 capacitors on the output power supply.
They seem to be made with under rated caps. So far since last year i've
fixed 9 flat screen monitors, all capacitors in the output power supply.
I've change the caps but
Hi Robert,
Are you talking about LCD monitors or LCD/plasma TVs?
Charlie
On 05-07-2013 4:05 PM, Robert Frailey wrote:
Dont throw away those flat screens when they die.
I fixed one today, 30 minutes and 5 capacitors on the output power
supply.
They seem to be made with under rated caps. So
Were these capacitors visibly bulging on top? The story goes that a few
years ago, a cap provider in China got their mix wrong for the dielectric,
and tens of thousands (maybe more) of these caps got put in all kinds of
devices. They didn't fail immediately, but a well after the warranty had
LCD
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Hi Robert,
Are you talking about LCD monitors or LCD/plasma TVs?
Charlie
On 05-07-2013 4:05 PM, Robert
, isolated
side to be safe.
Screen looks great now
Robert
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Were these capacitors visibly bulging on top? The story goes
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sounds about right, most caps the cover was shrinking due to overheating,
the one today was a 1000uf ar 10 volts, the top wrap was sightly pulling
away.
The screen had not totally failed but had a 60hrz ripple running to to
bottom. most of the caps looked good but I
Gallen ggal...@wyanokegroup.com
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Better be careful, the division of stopping people from fixing things will
be after you!
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computers after work. I won't throw
something away if it still has value and I can fix it.
Rob
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Better be careful
thanks for the heads up!
although i make recreations of vintage guitar tube amplifiers it never
occurred to me to pop open a monitor and look for bad caps
the number one problem with vintage tube amps are the electrolytic caps
in the power filter section. the electrolyte drys up (or oozes
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sounds about right, most caps the cover was shrinking due to overheating,
the one today was a 1000uf ar 10 volts, the top wrap
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