Monitor Replacment

[snake0007]

My monitor was acting up, so upon investigating I found a cap I suspected to be bad. It was a 1000uf 10v. According to the manual it was used to smooth the current waves. It is C818 if you want to check, here is the manual:

After looking everywhere for a capacitor with the same specs, all I could find was a 1500uf 10v. I put it in and the monitor seems to be repaired.

So my question is just one of general safety. Do you think a difference in uf such as this capacitors application is a risk of fire or electrical shock?

any help is appreciated!

[jiroy]

Re: Monitor Replacment

It's better to change the whole bunch of capacitors on the power supply board , won't cost more than 10 dollars . It's Better to respect schema specifications , cause any messing with , will only put stress on other components , and probably reveal some unexpected weird symptoms .

[Behemot]

Re: Monitor Replacment

Increasing capacitance in output filters is generally a good thing. What is important is to also not decrease the ESR too much.

It is also generally good to replace ALL caps as where one is bad, more will follow, unless they are quality series from good brand.

[snake0007]

Re: Monitor Replacment

thanks for the input. so you recommend to replace all electrolytic caps and no matter the size?

thanks

[Behemot]

Re: Monitor Replacment

All non-quality ones for suitable replacements.