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Tomswork wrote: ↑Sat Jul 25, 2020 6:41 pm @rubber_jonnie

Those rifa caps are evil the smell. Does your monitor have the extra flyback on it ?


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Extra flyback! Oh I'm not sure, let me check and get back to you.
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rubber_jonnie wrote: ↑Sat Jul 25, 2020 10:16 am So today it's the turn of the analogue board, since it's only giving 4.3v on the 5v rail. I have a box of capacitors ready to be installed, but it does mean one thing, I need to remove the analogue board and that means discharging the CRT, something I've never done before.
I seem to remember there being an adjustment on the analoge board for the output voltage.
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stephen_usher wrote: ↑Sat Jul 25, 2020 11:47 pm
rubber_jonnie wrote: ↑Sat Jul 25, 2020 10:16 am So today it's the turn of the analogue board, since it's only giving 4.3v on the 5v rail. I have a box of capacitors ready to be installed, but it does mean one thing, I need to remove the analogue board and that means discharging the CRT, something I've never done before.
I seem to remember there being an adjustment on the analoge board for the output voltage.
I expect there is, but the caps were pretty terrible, leaking badly so I'm getting them replaced first. The Rifa caps were split too but I didn't find those until I removed the analog board.
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Just be careful. If there is an extra coil by the flyback it will be hot when your adjusting the voltage. It is fed off the transformer output directly.

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Tomswork wrote: ↑Sun Jul 26, 2020 12:05 am Just be careful. If there is an extra coil by the flyback it will be hot when your adjusting the voltage. It is fed off the transformer output directly.

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OK, appreciate the warning. Fingers crossed when the caps are done, voltages will be back to normal and I won't need to adjust them.
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On another subject, I have ordered a TF356 :D
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rubber_jonnie wrote: ↑Sun Jul 26, 2020 10:15 am On another subject, I have ordered a TF356 :D
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Oh no, its gonna end in tears :lol:
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PhilC wrote: ↑Sun Jul 26, 2020 10:29 am Oh no, its gonna end in tears :lol:
How bad can it be?

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