[Shop-talk] Fixing LCD TVs

[Peter J. Thomas]

Definitely a blown cap which is pretty common with bargain TV's.  I'm 
assuming it is a BestBuy Insignia TV.  You could replace the cap but I'd 
bet it would blow again. These low end TV's to just enough engineering 
to make them work, use the lowest cost parts, and they don't have long 
life spans.

On 5/1/2016 5:42 PM, Jim Franklin wrote:
> The low voltage cabe tests fine. There's a high voltage line with no specs so I can't test it. But there's a capacitor right next to the transformers that looks like this:
>
> http://groupwbench.org/InsigniaCap.JPG
>
> Is that blown, or just poorly covered?
>
> The power supply is out of stock, probably permanently.
>
> jim