Yeah, leaky caps on an RCA tv is a rare thing. I've been working on RCA products for a quarter of a century! Jerry Christians Electronic Service ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Grabowski" <bgrabowski@xxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 9:47 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: CTC169 | | I've been working on CTC169's for ten years but I never found a leaky | cap that I | can think of...... | | Bill Grabowski | Triangle Appliance | | | "Leonard G. Caillouet" wrote: | > | > I am wondering if you all have seen many leaky caps in these sets. I just | > did two this week that had leaky Nichicon 105 degree caps. The electrolyte | > caused enough corrosion to damage a couple of traces. These are the first I | > have seen like this and am wondering if we can expect this to be as common | > as in the Hitachi and Misubishi projection sets. How far do you guys go in | > looking for other caps going bad on these sets. I have found that sometimes | > the only way that you can find them is to heat the pins and see if they | > smell or remove them and visually inspect them. Many of the ones that are | > starting to leak check OK on all four tests, capacitance, ESR, DA, & leakage | > current. Should we be checking all of them on these sets? | > | > Leon. | > | > Leonard G. Caillouet | > Service Manager | > Electronics World | > Gainesville, FL | > 352-332-5608 | > 352-332-5668 (fax) | > | > ================================= | > Help make your TechAssist database better! | > Submit your fixes here: http://circuitwork.com/techassist/tip/#tips | > ================================= | > To UNSUBSCRIBE your email address, click here: | > mailto:techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe | ================================= | Help make your TechAssist database better! | Submit your fixes here: http://circuitwork.com/techassist/tip/#tips | ================================= | To UNSUBSCRIBE your email address, click here: | mailto:techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe | ================================= Help make your TechAssist database better! Submit your fixes here: http://circuitwork.com/techassist/tip/#tips ================================= To UNSUBSCRIBE your email address, click here: mailto:techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe