I don't know if this should be in general electronics or here, but the question i have kinda touches both bases.
Heres a little background:
I got a Philips Plasma 50PFP5332D/37 tv. The power supply had several bloated caps. I re-capped the entire power board with panasonic FM & FC capacitors. Put it all back together and the tv fired right up. I played with it for 30 minutes or so then turned it off. 2 days later i go to turn it back on and i wasn't getting any display. The blue LED lights up on the front but no picture or sound. Took the back off and now a cap on the either x-sustain or y-sustain is bloated.
So:
Is it worthwile to recap the x and y boards for good measure or just replace the one faulty cap and see how long it lasts. I'm not to concerned with the price of the caps themselves, i'm more wanting reliability and the fact that this tv weighs almost as much as me and i'm getting tired of moving back and forth from the work bench.
I don't think the cap that is bloated now was bloated then, but i honstly don't remember even looking at the other boards. I basically just saw the power supply and that was as far as it went.
Thanks for any input
Heres a little background:
I got a Philips Plasma 50PFP5332D/37 tv. The power supply had several bloated caps. I re-capped the entire power board with panasonic FM & FC capacitors. Put it all back together and the tv fired right up. I played with it for 30 minutes or so then turned it off. 2 days later i go to turn it back on and i wasn't getting any display. The blue LED lights up on the front but no picture or sound. Took the back off and now a cap on the either x-sustain or y-sustain is bloated.
So:
Is it worthwile to recap the x and y boards for good measure or just replace the one faulty cap and see how long it lasts. I'm not to concerned with the price of the caps themselves, i'm more wanting reliability and the fact that this tv weighs almost as much as me and i'm getting tired of moving back and forth from the work bench.
I don't think the cap that is bloated now was bloated then, but i honstly don't remember even looking at the other boards. I basically just saw the power supply and that was as far as it went.
Thanks for any input
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