the restoration continues ...because the capacitor delivery from rs online was lightning fast, i didn't want to lag behind with the cap kit. but before tackling that job, i had to clean up that filthy television set! here's a couple of well-loved before and after shots
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looking at the pictures i realized that there still was dirt in the plastic grills - so i took out the toothpicks and cleaned that out as well. the television is now as clean as it can be (or at least as clean as i'd like it to be - you can always be even more anal
), but believe me: IT WAS DAMN DIRTY!!!
up next, i found some strange items swimming in my bathtub
"what's that?", you might be wondering. well, since the cap kit consists of many different capacitors and i didn't want to lose track of the job, i took out an old assortment box, cleaned it up a little bit (in the tub), labeled the individual drawers and put the capacitors in there. nothing can beat a good filing system!
then i set up a temporary working space in my kitchen ...
... and put up an overview of the capacitors and their locations on the chassis on the wall!
old and new capacitors side by side - still interesting (at least for me) to see those differences in size
there were only two capacitors which i didn't replace: the non-polarized one (the big black one in the picture's background) ...
... and a smaller one hiding under that metal cover. i could have removed the top metal piece ...
... but would not have been able to reach the capacitor's legs without removing / unsoldering the counter metal piece on the other side of the chassis!
hopefully everything's going to work just fine WITHOUT those two capacitors being replaced! all in all, i removed and replaced 30 cabs in total - and i have to admit:
IT WAS FUN!!! great music in the background, tons of snow outside, snugly cats sleeping by my side and the prospect of a wonderful christmas dinner at my mum's place in the evening
two more comments:- i can't test the function of the television as of now, because my pcb is probably stuck in the snow somewhere! (more on that later)
- the "capacitor operation" went down smoothly except for
one single spot where the fresh solder simply didn't want to stick to the solder joint.
any suggestions on how to make it stick?to be continued ...
