Subj : World Series
To   : Nightfox
From : Moondog
Date : Tue Oct 29 2019 10:27 am

  Re: World Series
  By: Nightfox to Moondog on Mon Oct 28 2019 05:12 pm

 >   Re: World Series
 >   By: Moondog to Nightfox on Mon Oct 28 2019 06:41 pm
 > 
 >  >> How did you determine it was the caps on the power board that went
 >  >> bad?
 > 
 >  Mo> I googled the model and symptoms, and I wasn't the only person having t
 >  Mo> same issue. Also due to the age of the TV, it was made in a period when
 >  Mo> bunch of bad capacitors were being made. One article explained the volt
 >  Mo> rat ings were barely sufficient and would cause caps to fail. Some look
 > 
 > Ah, I did that one time..  I had a DVD player that stopped working and Googl
 > 
 > I was curious how they determined it was the capacitor.  I don't remember if
 > 
 > Nightfox
 > 

There was a rash of bad capacitors coming out of Asia roughly between 2002
and 2006.  The story I heard was one manufacturer made a change to save
money, and through industrial espionage, several other companies also made
the change in their electrolytic formula.  In the following 4 or 5 years, cap
failure was a common thing.  Even in older electronics, capacitors
have been known to dry up over time.  Many older Mac models have leaky
capacitors, and if they are not replaced or cleaned up, the chemical could
destroy the traces on the boards, making them un restorable.

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