[TechAssist] Re: Buyer Beware! Defective cap kit Alert!
- From: Al L <alleathe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2005 23:16:10 -0500
Tim,
I have had bad luck with MAT on a lot of "cheap but extremely expensive"
stuff.
Tri tronics and B&D are good for me.Good luck and wish for Spring weather!
al
Al Leatherman
224 RT. 46
Mine Hill, NJ 07803
973-361-5796
WWW.ALS-TV.NET
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Poole" <tdp13158@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <Parts_Link@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "TV Repair Group"
<tv-repair@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 11:02 PM
Subject: [TechAssist] Buyer Beware! Defective cap kit Alert!
>I bought 2 Cap kits from Mat Electronics, RCA cap kit #13-200.Today I
>installed a .0162 1600v cap and several other caps in a CTC169JS5 included
>in the kit and couldnt figure out why the high voltage would pulse on and
>off. I usually check all parts before I install them but I was in a hurry.
>What a mistake. Several hours later I finally pulled the cap out and it
>checked .0043 NOT .0162 as printed on the cap. I called Mat and informed
>them but they didnt even offer to replace the kit but said they would
>inform someone of the problem. Please be careful not to buy this kit and
>waist several hours like I did by just trusting the value of the cap.
>Everyone of them(all four included in both kits) checked the same value, so
>this is definitely a problem.
>
> Tim Poole tdp13158@xxxxxxxxxxx
> dba A-Mobile TV Shop & Precision TV Service
> Fredericktown, Ohio 43019
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