So, im a hobbyist at repairing tvs. I actually find great satisfaction in making something work that previously didnt. But im starting to notice a big problem. Ive repaired about 5 tvs on my own now. They were all bad caps except one bad resistor.
The issue is that normally ive noticed that when one capacitor fails the others are aged pretty bad too. If i want to do things right i should replace all the capacitors that are aging. But every tv ive came across has used wildly different capacitors so stocking a few different types seems pointless. The power supplies ive been messing with have had about 6-8 different larger capacitors at about 5 a piece on mouser.
At that price i could buy two replacement working power supply boards on ebay. So am i missing something here or is it as it seems and its almost always a better idea to just buy replacement boards unless none are available.
Im hoping someone can point me to an assortment pack with actual good tv type high and low voltage capacitors. I prefer to work on the boards myself and so i would love any pointers on how you guys do it. Id love to know there some typical capacitors kit out there even though ive looked and looked and all i can find is the cheap kind that hardly get above 10v above 500uf.
The issue is that normally ive noticed that when one capacitor fails the others are aged pretty bad too. If i want to do things right i should replace all the capacitors that are aging. But every tv ive came across has used wildly different capacitors so stocking a few different types seems pointless. The power supplies ive been messing with have had about 6-8 different larger capacitors at about 5 a piece on mouser.
At that price i could buy two replacement working power supply boards on ebay. So am i missing something here or is it as it seems and its almost always a better idea to just buy replacement boards unless none are available.
Im hoping someone can point me to an assortment pack with actual good tv type high and low voltage capacitors. I prefer to work on the boards myself and so i would love any pointers on how you guys do it. Id love to know there some typical capacitors kit out there even though ive looked and looked and all i can find is the cheap kind that hardly get above 10v above 500uf.
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