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[Kamakiri]

Originally Posted by technicolor

and another thing, where are there stickies on this board talking about tv repair 101. Instead of assuming people now how to read a schematic.

Great idea, but nobody's ever written one. That, and there are so many opinions on the subject.....they run the gamut from restuffing the old caps no matter what the set is, to component diagnosis, to testing each individual cap, to wholesale cap replacement before even plugging it into the wall.

I am of the latter. I replace every cap in the set with a higher WV before I even plug it in, if the set is older than 1960....and everything but the electrolytics before the first power up (unless the set was stored badly) in everything post 1960. Maybe it's not the way that some prefer doing it, but it's worked well for me for many years.

[technicolor]

Originally Posted by Kamakiri

Great idea, but nobody's ever written one. That, and there are so many opinions on the subject.....they run the gamut from restuffing the old caps no matter what the set is, to component diagnosis, to testing each individual cap, to wholesale cap replacement before even plugging it into the wall.

I am of the latter. I replace every cap in the set with a higher WV before I even plug it in, if the set is older than 1960....and everything but the electrolytics before the first power up (unless the set was stored badly) in everything post 1960. Maybe it's not the way that some prefer doing it, but it's worked well for me for many years.

these should be part of a tv 101 subsection

http://www.pickguardian.com/pickguar...ee%20Chart.pdf


http://www.resistorguide.com/resistor-color-code/


There should be an article. "tv repair for morons"


You should put lazy people like squirrel on double secret academic probation, and alert his local draft board that he is available for active duty.