Re: 42PC3D cycles on and off until unplugged

OK, finally found Tom's AC detect thread. This was the fix it looks like!

Thanks for this great forum!

Casey

Re: 42PC3D cycles on and off until unplugged

I should have mentioned this is an LG tv.

Can anyone give me a place to start troubleshooting?

Thanks everyone,

Hello Everyone,

This problem as progressed over time. When I turn the TV on it cycles on and off and will only turn on and stay on if I unplug the power cable for a few seconds and plug it back in. It typically takes several times for this method to work. Everything with the TV works fine when it's on.

Yesterday I replaced 4, what looked to be bad, capacitors on the power supply. All four were 10v 3300mf. I could only find 25v 3300mf rated caps locally so I put those in. I read of this being acceptable on a samsung so I figured I'd give it a shot.

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Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

Hello Everyone,

Found this site after searching around on how to fix my TV. I'll be posting in the tech section here shortly. Thanks for having such a great community for the rookie with a soldering iron

Casey