Wife hands me the DVD player from the bedroom, "It won't turn on anymore."
Aw crap, well, ok, I'll look at it.
Take it out the the shop, pop the lid, oh look, a bulging cap in the switching power supply. Replace that and presto, it works again.
Sometimes we get lucky.
And I'll get dinner tonight. ;-)
Jeff
So if you didn't fix the DVD player no dinner?
No guts no glory :)
Well that depends....
If I had said, "Nope, the DVD is broke, it died. We need to buy a new one for $19.95"
I would probably still have gotten dinner.
If I had said, "You've got to be kidding me? Why should I waste my time on that cheap piece of s*it?"
I would have been eating an MRE out in the garage.
Jeff
Oh that was easy, it was a 16V cap. I replaced it with a 25V just on general principles.
It was quite good actually.
Jeff
You might want to actually *check* the voltage across that cap instead of blindly replacing it with one that has the same markings. I see lots of undervoltage caps in cheapy consumer kit (especially DVD players).
Yeah, but will it be *edible*?? :>
Electrolytic capacitors for dinner is a rather sparce and toxic diet. You had it easy. I just tore apart (formerly known as disassembled) an iPhone first degeneration. As it was designed to do, the battery leaked slimy goo and corrosive slime all over the antenna section and parts of my workbench. If I get it working and sold, I can afford several lavish dinners for two. Eat your heart out (literally).
Or some Spam at the General Store...
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