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mchero
Explorer
Sep 20, 2020

Bad capacitors in my rear TV!!

I have a small Samsung TV in the rear bedroom. This is the original to the RV. Just last week the TV died! I could see a picture for a fraction of a second when first turned on. I was not ready to install a new TV due to space restrictions plus the fact it's not used much.
Decided to pop the back cover to see if I could possibly bring it back to life. I found the typical dried out capacitors on the power supply.

Believe it or not I googled the TV model number and found a site that sells a capacitor kit! So, I plan on replacing the 13 capacitors and hopefully have a functional TV!

Here's a writeup on the capacitor issue;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague

Here's the company that sells the capacitor kits;
http://lcdalternatives.com/


Thought I would pass this on to others!

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  • mchero's avatar
    mchero
    Explorer
    Sep 20, 2020
    Ed_Gee wrote:
    The badly manufactured capacitors was a worldwide issue many years ago, effecting reliability and longevity all kinds of electronics. However, it was discovered and the flawed manufacturing was corrected long ago. I doubt it could be an issue on any relatively recent appliance.

    Capacitor Plague


    Ed

    Did you miss my Capacitor Plague link?
  • Ed_Gee's avatar
    Ed_Gee
    Explorer II
    Sep 20, 2020
    The badly manufactured capacitors was a worldwide issue many years ago, effecting reliability and longevity all kinds of electronics. However, it was discovered and the flawed manufacturing was corrected long ago. I doubt it could be an issue on any relatively recent appliance.

    Capacitor Plague
  • mchero's avatar
    mchero
    Explorer
    Sep 20, 2020
    2oldman wrote:
    BB_TX wrote:
    I think I would just replace that 13 or 14 year old TV with a new one .
    ..and a much better one with wifi and apps.


    Easier said than done.

    The tv is in the corner of the bedroom next to the full wall slide. Can't mount a larger TV unless I install above the dresser in the full wall slide. I then would have to route all cables (except power) back to the original location.
    Yes, down the road I will replace that 14 year old TV.
  • 2oldman's avatar
    2oldman
    Explorer II
    Sep 20, 2020
    BB_TX wrote:
    I think I would just replace that 13 or 14 year old TV with a new one .
    ..and a much better one with wifi and apps.
  • BB_TX's avatar
    BB_TX
    Nomad
    Sep 20, 2020
    As thin and narrow framed and cheap as TVs are now, I think I would just replace that 13 or 14 year old TV with a new one unless you just consider it a challenge to see if you can repair it.
  • delwhjr's avatar
    delwhjr
    Explorer
    Sep 20, 2020
    This is a very common issue with flat screen sets for a few years now. Every brand has this problem.

    Good Luck
  • theoldwizard1's avatar
    theoldwizard1
    Explorer II
    Sep 20, 2020
    Many years ago I had a similar problem with Toshiba DVD player. Like you said, I googled the model number and found that the problem was very common.

    Luckily, I had a good friend who was better at de-soldering and soldering than I was!

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