Rather dramatic Plasma TV repair attempt results video

[CoogarXR]

Having worked on that model before, I wondered what the heck he did wrong-

He mentioned in a reply to another commenter that the recap didn't fix it, and he popped a buffer board. That ticked him off, so he bypassed the fuses and ran a light ballast into the mains. That's what you're seeing.

I wondered why he wasted time with the recap and then was expecting to see smoke...