Re: Failed Cap's

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

thanks ... 'have to ask, 'cos the CRT image was so much better than
the LCD (& TV) images that seem to be available now .. ie: it would
be nice to be able to get it back to-life ... if only we knew how !

Chrus


On 7 May 2008, at 19:34, Piers Kittel wrote:

>
> On 7 May 2008, at 17:36, Chris Hunter wrote:
>
>>
>> Piers - thinking of failed cap's, what chance, would you guess, of
>> that being the problem with out old CRT, which seems to have a
fly-
>> back problem ... ie: the image on the screen doesn't fill the full
>> width anymore, and is unreadable ... if it was just a blown cap',
>> maybe I could fix it (needless to say, with the high voltages
>> involved, I've not opened it up, yet) ?
>>
>> Chris
>
> No idea, I'm no expert with electronics really, just a symptom I've
> learnt to identify for dead electronics - it occurs more often on
> motherboards due to cheap caps used nowadays.  I think you might be
> better off talking to a TV expert.  To me, your problem could be
> anything - magnet going, H sync electronics problems, faulty cable
> etc., etc.  No idea really.
>
> Good luck though!
>
> Cheers - Piers



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