Better be careful, the division of stopping people from fixing things will be after you!
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert Frailey Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2013 5:34 PM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] FYI off topic 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 changed all the output, isolated side to be safe. Screen looks great now Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Rasmussen" <[email protected]> To: "U2 Users List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2013 3:17 PM Subject: Re: [U2] FYI off topic > 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 > run out. > > On Tue, 7 May 2013, 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 far since last year i've >> fixed 9 flat screen monitors, all capacitors in the output power supply. >> I've change the caps but up'd the rated voltage on each so if it 470uf >> 10v, i put in a 470uf at 25v. >> Easier than fixing tube monitors, takes about 30 minutes. Nice side job >> in the future, everyone will have a couple. >> >> Robert _______________________________________________ >> U2-Users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users >> > > Regards, > ....Bob Rasmussen, President, Rasmussen Software, Inc. > > personal e-mail: [email protected] > company e-mail: [email protected] > voice: (US) 503-624-0360 (9:00-6:00 Pacific Time) > fax: (US) 503-624-0760 > web: http://www.anzio.com > street address: Rasmussen Software, Inc. > 10240 SW Nimbus, Suite L9 > Portland, OR 97223 USA > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
