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HigashiJun wrote: 22 Mar 2024 11:35 Hate it when a tool goes fubar...
Me too, especially since it's one I am really reliant on.
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rubber_jonnie wrote: 22 Mar 2024 12:49 Hmm, so there was another similar resistor too:


IMG20240322113509.jpg


Same value as well. Stupid resistors.

I also found a cap with a loose leg...
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stephen_usher wrote: 22 Mar 2024 13:50
rubber_jonnie wrote: 22 Mar 2024 12:49 Hmm, so there was another similar resistor too:


IMG20240322113509.jpg


Same value as well. Stupid resistors.

I also found a cap with a loose leg...
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And to add to the story of the workbench magnifier light, parts came today, but it didn't fix it, so I checked the two main caps just to see what was what.

Turned out the cap that I found with a loose leg, was no longer 10uF:

IMG20240327132238.jpg

So I've ordered some caps, but if that doesn't work, then I need to consider retiring it, though I could get some sort of LED light as a replacement and do it that way.
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Yeah, seems like it's lost its capacitance a bit. :-)

I have loads and loads of capacitors... mostly due to the one I need always being one I don't have. Either the capacitance is wrong or the voltage or the size.
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stephen_usher wrote: 27 Mar 2024 15:06 Yeah, seems like it's lost its capacitance a bit. :-)

I have loads and loads of capacitors... mostly due to the one I need always being one I don't have. Either the capacitance is wrong or the voltage or the size.
I know what you mean. I have a ton of caps, but none are the 10uF 250v variety, so yet again I have to order more. I have so many caps I don't know what to do with them and none ever come up when I need something...

As well as the capacitance drop, the top is bulging ever so slightly compared to it's counterpart which measures correctly.
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OK, so my little 5" B&W TV has been playing up, with picture issues, so I thought I'd give it a little TLC.

3 caps later and it seems to have a much nicer image:

IMG20240404090036.jpg

It also starts straight away instead of needing to warm up. There are some adjustment pots that I need to tweak to get the image size a bit better, but overall I think it looks good and I'm happy.
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:dualthumbup:

More and more retro-computing includes CRT repair. :-)
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stephen_usher wrote: 04 Apr 2024 10:46 :dualthumbup:

More and more retro-computing includes CRT repair. :-)
It certainly does!
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OK then.

This just arrived in the post:

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The weird thing is, I didn't order it, and whilst I can pretty much guess what it is, since it fits my Evercade, I have no idea where it came from, or what files it will accept.

Weird. I suppose I need to go and look up EverSD.

EDIT - Turns out it came from @Icky to whom I'm very grateful :)
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