Re: Help identifying bad caps in a monitor.

Here's a picture of the transformer and the smaller inductor. The transformer is about 1" tall....

Re: Help identifying bad caps in a monitor.

Ok, after taking a look around inside the tv, assuming that the silicone is nothing bad, I found and removed the two obviously bad parts, and niether one was a capacitor.

One that was horribly blown was a transformer. The other part which seemed to be leaking, though I'm not entirely sure about, is an inductor. Any ideas on how I could identify these? The inductor has a label on top of it (200-0332-60033 C.E.I. 0222) but I have no idea how to identify it form that. The transformer does not have a stick on top, though it...

Re: Help identifying bad caps in a monitor.



I don't have a camera on hand, but I'll try to get back with some pictures.
Where would the silicone have come from? Would it have leaked out from the caps (insulating material perhaps?) or does it have some purpose?...

Re: Help identifying bad caps in a monitor.

Ok, I'm pretty sure all of the aforementioend wires that are soldered directly onto the circuit boards are just grounds. The primary one I was concerned with (because it runs to some hidden area inside the tv) splits off from the video feed, so I'm fairly certain it's just a ground like the others.

The main concern I have right now is what is the white paste at the bottom and on the sides of some of the caps?

Hello, I picked up a broken Monivision CRT monitor, and apparently this particular brand of monitor has a problem with bad capacitors. I'm just wondering how to identify which ones.

1. I'm assuming ones with brown stuff leaking out from them are bad.
2. What about the ones with white stuff leaking out? Is the white stuff actually leaking out, or just some kind of paste or something that was sloppily applied? The primary ones covered in the white paste are the largest capacitors in the set (ack, I knew what they did at one point in time, can't remember anymore though), but...