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You obviousely have never had to work as a TV or radio tech where time is a cost to
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Personally, in this sort of situation I reckon the shotgun approach is the way
to go - just replace all the crappy caps, and all resistors over 50k - saves a
lot of time and in many cases fixes the problem in a short time. If the fault
is still there there is not a lot more to check


David (a different one)


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The OP is just dong this for curiosity, not to make money.

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counselling.com wrote:
You obviousely have never had to work as a TV or radio tech where time is a cost to
your customer


David


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On 7 Mar, 01:12, quietguy posti...@REMOVE-TO-REPLYconfidential-
counselling.com wrote:


Personally, in this sort of situation I reckon the shotgun approach is the way
to go - just replace all the crappy caps, and all resistors over 50k - saves a
lot of time and in many cases fixes the problem in a short time. If the fault
is still there there is not a lot more to check


David (a different one)


an inappropriate idea.


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Has the OP made any measurements yet, or is this a dead end??

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