Hello from a newbie,
In general, are there useful ways to find out about local re-cappers/service?
Or maybe it's just not something done, except under very unusual and specific circumstances?
It's never been a heading in the yellow-pages. Never yet came across a neighborhood "computer" store (or a rare "TV/Appliance" store) which fixes rather than swaps boards, if the item is not junked. Not going to find any info at the local Radio Shack (which is all about cell phones). Considered audiophile or music equipment stores, but they seem to be few and far between. A pro, a tech school grad, an EE or Physics department?
Caps gone bad seem the bane of many types of consumer electronics manufacturers consider "disposable". Especially for things that are discontinued, or only still-made to be available at the "high-end".
Most recent example: my cousin (in Brooklyn) is probably willing to gamble (within reason) that the couple of visibly vented capacitors seen when he opened the case of a useful DVD recorder, are all that is wrong with the unit which suddenly stopped powering on (fuse on same sub-board is OK).
Personally have no soldering equipment/experience for PCB-level work, and no idea how to look for such a service in Brooklyn (or even where I am in central NJ).
Could the eBay advertised "PSU-fix" type services be a credible by-mail option?
Or maybe re-capping/board repair is so uncommon that it's simply unaffordable on a consumer-level?
So thought to ask for comments here…
Thanks.
PS Being brand new around here, also going read the FAQs and posts to try to learn how to source replacement capacitors. There's a lot of printing on the bad ones and not sure what's important besides the basic values.
RJF, 35 V(m), 56uF, ELNA, CE105˚C, 0427, (S)
RJX, 16 V(m), 680uF, ELNA, CE105˚C, 0449, (S)
RJX, 10 V(m), 820uF, ELNA, CE105˚C, 0502, (S)
In general, are there useful ways to find out about local re-cappers/service?
Or maybe it's just not something done, except under very unusual and specific circumstances?
It's never been a heading in the yellow-pages. Never yet came across a neighborhood "computer" store (or a rare "TV/Appliance" store) which fixes rather than swaps boards, if the item is not junked. Not going to find any info at the local Radio Shack (which is all about cell phones). Considered audiophile or music equipment stores, but they seem to be few and far between. A pro, a tech school grad, an EE or Physics department?
Caps gone bad seem the bane of many types of consumer electronics manufacturers consider "disposable". Especially for things that are discontinued, or only still-made to be available at the "high-end".
Most recent example: my cousin (in Brooklyn) is probably willing to gamble (within reason) that the couple of visibly vented capacitors seen when he opened the case of a useful DVD recorder, are all that is wrong with the unit which suddenly stopped powering on (fuse on same sub-board is OK).
Personally have no soldering equipment/experience for PCB-level work, and no idea how to look for such a service in Brooklyn (or even where I am in central NJ).
Could the eBay advertised "PSU-fix" type services be a credible by-mail option?
Or maybe re-capping/board repair is so uncommon that it's simply unaffordable on a consumer-level?
So thought to ask for comments here…
Thanks.
PS Being brand new around here, also going read the FAQs and posts to try to learn how to source replacement capacitors. There's a lot of printing on the bad ones and not sure what's important besides the basic values.
RJF, 35 V(m), 56uF, ELNA, CE105˚C, 0427, (S)
RJX, 16 V(m), 680uF, ELNA, CE105˚C, 0449, (S)
RJX, 10 V(m), 820uF, ELNA, CE105˚C, 0502, (S)
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