Rather dramatic Plasma TV repair attempt results video

[powerking]

This one seemed like a rather routine Chinese e-Cap replacement/failure exercise "until" the power up test; you can skip over to time index ~~ 5:00min and see the fun. And to think this was probably a $2000-$3000 TV when new; sigh....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wumj-OMBAgI

Tom (PK)

[Eric H]

I'm getting a dead 50" Panasonic Plasma from a friend this weekend, have no idea what's wrong with it or what model it is, hopefully an easy repair, if not off to the recycle it goes.

[Sandy G]

I dunno..It's a LOT of Good, Clean, NAUGHTY fun to unload a couple of 32 round clips of 9 MikeMike on one of these DREADFUL things..

[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...

[rca2000]

It seemed as he was HAPPY...everything just "burned up"...as if he PLANNED it this way !!

WHat a WASTE of TIME !!

[rca2000]

Originally Posted by powerking

nd to think this was probably a $2000-$3000 TV when new; sigh....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wumj-OMBAgI

Tom (PK)

Or MORE---maybe 4-5 k..!! I KNOW..as late as the fall of 2003..a 42 inch Samsung "EDTV" set..was STILL selling for around 3k...and I thik this is OLDER than those sets !!

OTOH...I recently SUCCESSFULLY repaired a 42 inch Samsung that had a couple of bad caps like this ALONG with a pair of shorted MOSFETS on the VA and lower B+ supplies. The set was several years newer than this one, with HD and a couple of HDMI inputs.

And last year about this time...I SUCCESSFULLY repaired A newer LG plasma , IRC this size or maybe a 50 inch...with JUST bad caps--and it did NOT go "up in smoke"...

Not sure WHAT went wrong on this repair. he just seemed so HAPPY..it self-destructed like that !! The VS going to OVER 500 VOLTS? (It SHOULD be around 200 volts or often a bit LESS..) tells ME...he MUST have SOMEHOW...messed UP something in the feedback ckt BADLY..during his "cap replacement"..

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by Sandy G

I dunno..It's a LOT of Good, Clean, NAUGHTY fun to unload a couple of 32 round clips of 9 MikeMike on one of these DREADFUL things..

I'd imagine, but don't forget to burn out the panel in that cool way first or else it's just going to waste.