Re: Need some expert advice

You know, I going to have to agree. Going ahead and replacing all of them (there are only 5 anyway) with the good Panasonic's will probably keep the TV running longer. I do not think it was all just caused by the CAPs themselves anyway. We have a pretty inconsistant power service here and even though we have not lost power recently we do get pretty good fluctuations in current. We blow out incandescent light bulbs like they are going out of style! Oh wait....
anyway it probably can't hurt and the set was not cheap so I would rather have the better...

Re: Need some expert advice

just wanted to thank you guys for your help. Ever since I put in the new CAP the TV is working just fine even though I did install the RS CAP.
I did receive my new Panasonic CAPs the other day and am debating whether I should even bother to put them in now or wait to see if the RS one goes bad (will it even go bad or if it does will it do any damage?) or just see what go ahead and be proactive? My soldering skills are definitely not all that and I hate just taking things apart for the fear that I may wind up damaging something else unintentionally....

Re: Need some expert advice

Thanks. I am trying it tonight and let's see what happens. I'll keep you posted. I ordered a couple of CAPs from Mouser just in case. I was looking at the specs the ripple currents on the RS CAPs are not even half what those on the Panasonic's are from Mouser so for the .61 I figure why not? If this one blows I will pop in the Panasonic and see how it does.
I was just thinking about how I threw away my last surround sound and I just know it had to be the same thing.
Wish me luck, now I am off to give it a try.
There's a noob with...

Re: Need some expert advice

Wow, Thanks great advice from both. I can see what you saying. I am attaching photos just for poops and giggles but I think that I agree that I should be looking for higher quality than the Radio Shack parts.
I think, however, that I am going to go ahead and pop this one in just to see if it does indeed correct the issue that I was having with the TV while I am waiting on the new one to arrive and to possibly eliminate any additional issues I may have including needing to replace the entire power supply itself.
They only go for $50.00-$60.00...

I have an Samsung LCD TV that I need to replace a 470uf 10v 105 degree centigrade electrolytic capacitor on the power supply.
I ran out to Radio Shack today since they were the only place open and the closest thing they had to what I needed was a 470uf 35v 85 degree centigrade electrolytic capacitor that is a little larger than the on there now but it looks like it would physically fit.
My question is with the temperature rating being so much lower do you think it is a good idea to put it into my power supply?
The 35v being higher is a little concern also but I was planning...

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Hello All
Joined to day because I am jumping in both feet to try and fix my TV set and needed some CAP advice. I have been trying to do some research on why my set is bad, pulled it apart and lo and behold found a bad CAP needing to be replaced. Seems simple enough but since it is Sunday, the only thing open is Radio Shack and they do not have the exact CAP I need now I need some advice as to maybe replacing what I found with what is broken. Hopefully I can find the help I need here and I no longer need to throw away the...