Re: vp2130b cap help



Thank you so much for doing this! I replaced all the caps, per your instructions, and also the main filter cap on the power supply board, and my VP2130b came back to life! Awesome! Finally, I can actually fix a dead electronic device instead of throwing it away! Yay!...

Re: vp2130b cap help



Thanks, retiredcaps, I'll give that a shot....

Re: vp2130b cap help



It did the slow to turn on, slower to turn on, wouldn't turn on anymore thing that's been described here before. Most likely its the inverter board, as others have found. But the only obviously visually bad caps (domed tops) were on the motherboard, and this big one on the power supply. I'm not saying for sure it is bad - its not blown apart or anything - but the top doesn't look totally flat to me. I figured caps are cheap and I have the thing apart, so it would be lazy of me to skip on that might be in question.

EDIT: Worth noting...

Re: vp2130b cap help



I apologize for my failure to search the forum as suggested in the post, but not being the EE type, I wasn't quite sure how to compose the query, so I hope you can indulge me. I'm competent enough with the iron, but weak on the specifications questions, so I could use a bit of advice. On my power supply board, the big 150uF 400V cap doesn't look so good and I think it could do with replacement. You can see it in the OP's picture here to the upper right:



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