Re: Acer AL2216W, Bad Caps?

hmmm well thanks for the help... Not sure whats going on... Just going to try a new ss board..

Re: Acer AL2216W, Bad Caps?

Yes it looks like that... While the other same brand caps on this board are perfectly flat...

Re: Acer AL2216W, Bad Caps?

A little more details on this tv.. The diagnostic lights point to a bad SS board. The tv shuts down in about 30 mins. Since it will run for that long, I assumed it was a bad cap that gets all out of wack once it is warm up. A fuse is out of the question since it does run. I looked over the board and the only thing that stuck out as looking a little odd was that capacitor. Albeit the photos do not do a good job at showing this. A new/used SS board is about 40.00. Maybe ill just get a new board...

Re: Acer AL2216W, Bad Caps?

It is not bulged like these. Near the vent slits or what ever you call them, it is slightly raised in comparison to all the capacitors in the tv. It is not perfectly flat like the rest. It is very hard to show in a photo, no matter the settings or angles I use... Ill just go ahead and replace. Did not want to replace if it is just me seeing things.....

Re: Acer AL2216W, Bad Caps?

I will attempt more photos... The first one shows shadows around the smallish bulge.. and the second that is perfectly flat has no such shadows... I was having a hard time getting what I am seeing to show in photos... It is not excessively bulged. I shall try again!...

Re: Acer AL2216W, Bad Caps?

Fixed..

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Re: Acer AL2216W, Bad Caps?

Sorry to high jack this thread... but I just created a account and it wouldn't let me create a new thread.... I have an older Panasonic plasma acting up.. I tore it apart and looked for some bad caps... I think I may have found one. But it is not excessively bulged, but does appear to look different then the others on the board... I was hoping some could tell me if this a bad cap... For a comparison I will also post a picture of one that is near it that I considered to be perfectly flat. It is hard to see, I took many pictures trying to get it to show...