On Wed, 30 Mar 2011 07:38:43 -0500, Mark Zacharias wrote:

"Arfa Daily" wrote in message
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"William Sommerwerck" wrote in message
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Hello? Instead of fussing over it, why not replace all the
electrolytics "in
the vicinity" while the bad-looking solder joints are being re-done?

This is a common problem in servicing. As an EE, I want to know
exactly why
something isn't working correctly. But I learned a long time ago that
it's
more important to simply get the damned thing fixed. If that means
shotgunning likely components, so be it.



Shotgunning is, IMHO, very bad practice, and often leads to the
creation of more problems than it fixes. I am actually quite surprised
that you would advocate doing this, William.

Arfa


I have seen sets (notably Toshiba and Mitsubishi) where shotgunning was
advisable in addition to replacing whichever single cap might have been
causing your issue.

Mark Z.

We used to call some of the factory repair 'kits' for certain Panasonic
sets "shotgun packs" because of the amount of components included.
Some of those even included parts not on the board that were to be
added on the solder side.



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