"Too_Many_Tools" wrote in message
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I have a 27" Mitsubishi television from the mid 90's that will not turn
on reliablely.

One must turn it on dozens of times before it will stay on.

I have noticed that it is used often, the problem goes away while if it
is not used for weeks the problem becomes more severe.

I have checked the archives and it does sound like the known capacitor
problem with Mitsubishi sets of the 90's raising its ugly head.

While the set is a very nice set which works great after getting it
turned on and it does have sentimental value, I seriously doubt that it
is worth going through if one needs to replace hundreds of caps.

The main question I have for the group is does anyone know why the set
refuses to turn on? Does anyone know the failure mode that is going on?
Is this a common symptom? My sister had a similar set of comparable age
with the same problem.

Thanks for any advice.

TMT


You shouldn't have to replace hundreds of caps, the Mits cap issue is the
PiP board and is a couple dozen caps, that board can be removed and bypassed
if you don't use that feature. The power issue is probably a capacitor in
the power supply or a cold solder joint, the repair should be fairly simple
and straightforward, I do suggest you stop using the set until it's fixed
though, those quick power cycles are hard on it.