it seems most monitors fail because of cheap chinese substandard caps. i have a nice on in the closet i've been meaning to et to for a while now
On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 6:12 PM, arche...@embarqmail.com < arche...@embarqmail.com> wrote: > Both were polarized. This is a solid state monitor. Fixed a friends > fairly new solid state TV which had the same problem. Seems like > manufacturers would use higher quality or heavier duty caps. > Thanks for the reminder. > Gerry....who can happily go to his reward now that he has an Attaboy. > > > On 6/1/2014 3:23 PM, Jim Cathey wrote: > >> found a 330 mfd 15 volt capacitor had a slightly rounded top. >>> >> >> Was this one polarized, or non-polarized? The distinction >> is, as they say, tres important. As I recall there is often >> a non-polarized cap in a tube monitor, and you _cannot_ replace >> it with a polarized one. NP's are not usually found in the >> junk box. If you put a polarized 50V one in place of a 15V >> non-polarized one it might survive for awhile, but could choose >> to fail catastrophically. >> >> I'm not saying this is the case, but you should be _sure_ >> before doing any laurel-resting. If both are polarized, >> then you are indeed done, substituting a higher-voltage >> cap is perfectly OK. >> >> (Polarized electrolytics, the far-most-common type, usually >> have a big black stripe identifying the negative lead.) >> >> -- Jim >> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those >> individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has >> no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. >> >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars* *www.BuyEUROparts.com <http://www.BuyEUROparts.com>* _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
