Fix worked

[spottydog10]

I replaced the caps in the monitor today and all worked straight away.
A big thanks to everyone for the help (I didn't have a clue what I was doing)

Just a cowardly question, it cant blow up or electrocute me if I made a bad joint somewhere or replaced the wrong cap can it?

Cheers,
Mike

[Rtech]

Re: Fix worked

Have confidence....and pray !!!!

[SteveNielsen]

Re: Fix worked

I would certainly hope not. If you're worried enough you could open it up and check to make sure but if it works then that's a good sign things are ok and I'd go with that.

[Lumberjack777]

Re: Fix worked

If you made a serious mistake in replacing caps and soldering, you'd know it in less than a second after turning it on.

[spottydog10]

Re: Fix worked

Haha, thanks everyone.
I must admit to putting a towel over the screen the first time I switched on.

Cheers all,
Mike

[Agent24]

Re: Fix worked

An exploding capacitor (or other component) can sound scary but won't hurt you, especially behind several layers of plastic and metal etc.

The only thing that would stand a chance of blowing up in a really dangerous fashion is the CRT (picture tube) from an old monitor or TV set, but that would only happen if you took a hammer to it or did something similarly idiotic.