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Bad capacitors in my rear TV!!

mchero
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I have a small Samsung TV in the rear bedroom. This is the original to the RV. Just last week the TV died! I could see a picture for a fraction of a second when first turned on. I was not ready to install a new TV due to space restrictions plus the fact it's not used much.
Decided to pop the back cover to see if I could possibly bring it back to life. I found the typical dried out capacitors on the power supply.

Believe it or not I googled the TV model number and found a site that sells a capacitor kit! So, I plan on replacing the 13 capacitors and hopefully have a functional TV!

Here's a writeup on the capacitor issue;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague

Here's the company that sells the capacitor kits;
http://lcdalternatives.com/


Thought I would pass this on to others!
Robert McHenry
Currently, Henniker NH
07 Fleetwood Discovery 39V
1K Solar dieselrvowners.com
2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Prior:1993 Pace Arrow 37' Diesel
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mchero
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Ed_Gee wrote:
The badly manufactured capacitors was a worldwide issue many years ago, effecting reliability and longevity all kinds of electronics. However, it was discovered and the flawed manufacturing was corrected long ago. I doubt it could be an issue on any relatively recent appliance.

Capacitor Plague


Ed

Did you miss my Capacitor Plague link?
Robert McHenry
Currently, Henniker NH
07 Fleetwood Discovery 39V
1K Solar dieselrvowners.com
2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Prior:1993 Pace Arrow 37' Diesel

Ed_Gee
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The badly manufactured capacitors was a worldwide issue many years ago, effecting reliability and longevity all kinds of electronics. However, it was discovered and the flawed manufacturing was corrected long ago. I doubt it could be an issue on any relatively recent appliance.

Capacitor Plague
Ed - on the Central Oregon coast
2018 Winnebago Fuse 23A
Scion xA toad

mchero
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2oldman wrote:
BB_TX wrote:
I think I would just replace that 13 or 14 year old TV with a new one .
..and a much better one with wifi and apps.


Easier said than done.

The tv is in the corner of the bedroom next to the full wall slide. Can't mount a larger TV unless I install above the dresser in the full wall slide. I then would have to route all cables (except power) back to the original location.
Yes, down the road I will replace that 14 year old TV.
Robert McHenry
Currently, Henniker NH
07 Fleetwood Discovery 39V
1K Solar dieselrvowners.com
2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Prior:1993 Pace Arrow 37' Diesel

wa8yxm
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Did that with both my DVR's a few years back.
Home was where I park it. but alas the.
2005 Damon Intruder 377 Alas declared a total loss
after a semi "nicked" it. Still have the radios
Kenwood TS-2000, ICOM ID-5100, ID-51A+2, ID-880 REF030C most times

2oldman
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BB_TX wrote:
I think I would just replace that 13 or 14 year old TV with a new one .
..and a much better one with wifi and apps.
"If I'm wearing long pants, I'm too far north" - 2oldman

BB_TX
Nomad
Nomad
As thin and narrow framed and cheap as TVs are now, I think I would just replace that 13 or 14 year old TV with a new one unless you just consider it a challenge to see if you can repair it.

delwhjr
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This is a very common issue with flat screen sets for a few years now. Every brand has this problem.

Good Luck
2022 Rockwood 2109S
2006 Durango HEMI

theoldwizard1
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Many years ago I had a similar problem with Toshiba DVD player. Like you said, I googled the model number and found that the problem was very common.

Luckily, I had a good friend who was better at de-soldering and soldering than I was!