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misted C electrolyte
LCD TV SMPS LV C vented electrolyte, seemingly evenly over the whole inside
of the TV and over all the boards. Leave in place? , wash off as best can do with methylated spirits or something?. Otherwise the TV works of for half a second before it decides not enough power available. |
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This is Goodmans LD1575D. In passing I see a 1W 4M7 R under the SMPS Tx with
the opto coupler, never seen that before , connecting mains side to secondaries side |
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"N_Cook" This is Goodmans LD1575D. In passing I see a 1W 4M7 R under the SMPS Tx with the opto coupler, never seen that before , connecting mains side to secondaries side ** That 4M7 resistor protects the SMPS tranny from insulation breakdown due to a high static voltage building up on the antenna in dry, windy weather. It's a specially rated part for the job. Class 2 rules allow it. ..... Phil |
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N_Cook wrote:
LCD TV SMPS LV C vented electrolyte, seemingly evenly over the whole inside of the TV and over all the boards. Leave in place? , wash off as best can do with methylated spirits or something?. Otherwise the TV works of for half a second before it decides not enough power available. I've fixed a bunch of Tek Scopes with this problem. The electrolyte is VERY corrosive. If you leave it there, it will eat the pcb traces and anything else it gets on. Clean it WELL with something like Simple Green. Use a toothbrush and get it out from between chip pins, under chips, inside via holes. Blow it dry and clean it again. Then do it twice with high-concentration alcohol, like the 99% stuff you can get a the drugstore. Then dry it as hot as you can without breaking the parts. 150F is reasonable. Of course, you need to remove or protect any parts that can't get wet. Good luck. |
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"mike" Clean it WELL with something like Simple Green. Use a toothbrush and get it out from between chip pins, under chips, inside via holes. Blow it dry and clean it again. Then do it twice with high-concentration alcohol, like the 99% stuff you can get a the drugstore. ** De-natured alcohol " (Methylated Spirits ) works fines to. As do most PCB cleaner sprays. Then dry it as hot as you can without breaking the parts. 150F is reasonable. ** 150C is highly unreasonable. It will destroy electros, melt some plastics and harm some semis. 100C should be the absolute limit. 70C will do the job quickly. .... Phil |
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mike wrote in message ...
N_Cook wrote: LCD TV SMPS LV C vented electrolyte, seemingly evenly over the whole inside of the TV and over all the boards. Leave in place? , wash off as best can do with methylated spirits or something?. Otherwise the TV works of for half a second before it decides not enough power available. I've fixed a bunch of Tek Scopes with this problem. The electrolyte is VERY corrosive. If you leave it there, it will eat the pcb traces and anything else it gets on. Clean it WELL with something like Simple Green. Use a toothbrush and get it out from between chip pins, under chips, inside via holes. Blow it dry and clean it again. Then do it twice with high-concentration alcohol, like the 99% stuff you can get a the drugstore. Then dry it as hot as you can without breaking the parts. 150F is reasonable. Of course, you need to remove or protect any parts that can't get wet. Good luck. Is all C electrolyte corrossive? This looks like cod liver oil in colour and texture , with no hint of corrossion on any surface it is laying on. |
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"Nutcase Kook " Is all C electrolyte corrosive? ** Yes. It is also conductive - which can be a bit of a worry around electronics. ..... Phil |
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On Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:00:38 +1000 "Phil Allison"
wrote in Message id: : "mike" Clean it WELL with something like Simple Green. Use a toothbrush and get it out from between chip pins, under chips, inside via holes. Blow it dry and clean it again. Then do it twice with high-concentration alcohol, like the 99% stuff you can get a the drugstore. ** De-natured alcohol " (Methylated Spirits ) works fines to. As do most PCB cleaner sprays. Then dry it as hot as you can without breaking the parts. 150F is reasonable. ^ ** 150C is highly unreasonable. Indeed. But that's not what Mike said. |
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"JW" "Phil Allison" "mike" Then dry it as hot as you can without breaking the parts. 150F is reasonable. ^ ** 150C is highly unreasonable. Indeed. But that's not what Mike said. ** Fair enough. Guess us engineering types are not used to seeing obsolete Fahrenheit temps used in electronics. Boiling water = 212 F Freezing water = -32F and paper burns at Fahrenheit 451 .... ..... Phil |
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mike wrote in message ...
N_Cook wrote: LCD TV SMPS LV C vented electrolyte, seemingly evenly over the whole inside of the TV and over all the boards. Leave in place? , wash off as best can do with methylated spirits or something?. Otherwise the TV works of for half a second before it decides not enough power available. I've fixed a bunch of Tek Scopes with this problem. The electrolyte is VERY corrosive. If you leave it there, it will eat the pcb traces and anything else it gets on. Clean it WELL with something like Simple Green. Use a toothbrush and get it out from between chip pins, under chips, inside via holes. Blow it dry and clean it again. Then do it twice with high-concentration alcohol, like the 99% stuff you can get a the drugstore. Then dry it as hot as you can without breaking the parts. 150F is reasonable. Of course, you need to remove or protect any parts that can't get wet. Good luck. pH of 5 this yellow oily stuff, not conductive as far as paper soaked in it , 0.5mm probe tip separation and 30M |
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"Nutcase Kook" pH of 5 this yellow oily stuff, not conductive as far as paper soaked in it , 0.5mm probe tip separation and 30M ** What you have there sonny is " Ethylene Glycol" - ie what remains of the electrolyte after all the water has boiled off. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethylene_glycol " Ethylene glycol (IUPAC name: ethane-1,2-diol) is an organic compound widely used as an automotive antifreeze and a precursor to polymers. In its pure form, it is an odourless, colourless, syrupy, sweet-tasting liquid. Ethylene glycol is toxic, and ingestion can result in death. " Without any water, it is a non conductor. But don't worry, it will absorb it from the air on any humid day. Taste sweet does it .............. ..... Phil |
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On 17/06/2011 9:26 PM, Phil Allison wrote:
"JW" "Phil Allison" "mike" Then dry it as hot as you can without breaking the parts. 150F is reasonable. ^ ** 150C is highly unreasonable. Indeed. But that's not what Mike said. ** Fair enough. Will you stop trying to impersonate Phil - you're no good at it anyway. Sylvia. |
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Phil Allison wrote: "JW" "Phil Allison" "mike" Then dry it as hot as you can without breaking the parts. 150F is reasonable. ^ ** 150C is highly unreasonable. Indeed. But that's not what Mike said. ** Fair enough. Guess us engineering types are not used to seeing obsolete Fahrenheit temps used in electronics. Eliminate the Celcius/Fahrenheit confusion by maintaining everything at -40C, AKA -40F. |
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looks as though all this elecrolyte was a bum steer, leaking yes, but not
reason for failure. Will have to go in deeper . Puting in the pair of Fairchild backlight inverter IC numbers into Google - led to a French repair forum with a pic of the ps of a Toshiba teleservice.xooit.fr/t4944-platine-alim-toshiba.htm and then schematic http://elektrotanya.com/toshiba_15v3.../download.html which seems to be almost the same as this Goodmans LD1575D |
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Phil Allison wrote:
"JW" "Phil Allison" "mike" Then dry it as hot as you can without breaking the parts. 150F is reasonable. ^ ** 150C is highly unreasonable. Indeed. But that's not what Mike said. ** Fair enough. Guess us engineering types are not used to seeing obsolete Fahrenheit temps used in electronics. Boiling water = 212 F Freezing water = -32F and paper burns at Fahrenheit 451 .... .... Phil Well, here in the us of a, the typical kitchen oven, which is what most people have to dry a board, is calibrated in F. FWIW, probably true for most here...but the few GOOD engineering types READ what is written instead of jumping to conclusions and mouthing off with "that" tone of superiority. |
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N_Cook wrote:
looks as though all this elecrolyte was a bum steer, leaking yes, but not reason for failure. Will have to go in deeper . Puting in the pair of Fairchild backlight inverter IC numbers into Google - led to a French repair forum with a pic of the ps of a Toshiba teleservice.xooit.fr/t4944-platine-alim-toshiba.htm and then schematic http://elektrotanya.com/toshiba_15v3.../download.html which seems to be almost the same as this Goodmans LD1575D You seem to be looking for a way to ignore the cleaning issue. I've had TEK circuit boards that I'd cleaned "squeaky clean", TWICE. But it took a third time to make the board come back to life. Electrolyte may not be your current problem, but it WILL be a future problem. Leave electrolyte on stuff at your peril ;-) |
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"mike" Phil Allison Then dry it as hot as you can without breaking the parts. 150F is reasonable. ** 150C is highly unreasonable. Indeed. But that's not what Mike said. ** Fair enough. Guess us engineering types are not used to seeing obsolete Fahrenheit temps used in electronics. Boiling water = 212F Freezing water = 32F and paper burns at Fahrenheit 451 .... Well, here in the us of a, the typical kitchen oven, which is what most people have to dry a board, is calibrated in F. ** And the rest of the civilised world has them calibrated in degrees C. FWIW, probably true for most here...but the few GOOD engineering types READ what is written .. ** See my explanation above - ****head. instead of jumping to conclusions and mouthing off with "that" tone of superiority. ** Take your hand off it - ******. .... Phil |
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At -32F that will be some really cold ice.
-- Cheers, WB .............. "Phil Allison" wrote in message ... Indeed. But that's not what Mike said. ** Fair enough. Guess us engineering types are not used to seeing obsolete Fahrenheit temps used in electronics. Boiling water = 212 F Freezing water = -32F and paper burns at Fahrenheit 451 .... .... Phil |
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I reckon the "electrolyte" is kitchen fat. I saked the owner if used in a
kitchen and he said no. But it was used in a caravan which was used for cooking in. So tried tasting somer on the tip of my tongue and swilling off soon after. No sweetness , if anything cooking fat taste. Checked my taste buds with some glycerin and distinct sweet taste. No problems with cracked tops , ESR or capacity with the removed and then replaced caps. Cleaned the main board with meths , dried for an hour or so and same symptoms. Cleaned the ps and inverter board , dried for only 10 minutes and ps went into protect. Dried with hot air and pic flashed up for 1/10 sec or so. Concentrated heating on the 6 inch long strip of isolated track along the pcb edge to one of the backlight connectors and now about 1/3 second. Previously about 1 second when I eceived the TV. Agrees with the owner in that when this problem fisst appeared someone technical decided to run a hair drier in the top and it ran perfectly on for a week or so. Yesterday I picked up at a hamfest a range of 1G to 1T ohm resistors coincidently. I reckon its a glass fibre osmotic problem and HV , like I've seen on scope tripler/quint boards over the years. Will try cutting those long lines and HV cable bridged there instead. There must be another control line back from the inverter protect system, back to the main control and then back out to the backlight control to the inverter. If this is the failure mechanism then presumably a generic problem for this sort of long pcb trace to a backlight connector and then cable proper. Will have to see if there are reports of this problem and delve into backlight inverter control a bit more. Again generally, comparing a 15 inch LCD TV to 30 inch. Obviously the inverter and lights would be x4 power but would anything else in the electronics be much different? |
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problem was with the 3 small 3Kv rated blue ceramic caps at the inverter
output. First variation between this Goodmans and the Toshiba schematic. Overlay numbering the same , 3KV the same but 3x 5pF on the Toshiba and 2 marked 12 presumably 12pF and one 4.7 presumably 4.7pF. Now to find dome 5KV rated ones. Disconnected them and powered up for long enough to get the display on for some 20 seconds and blue screen with annunciators etc before I decided to switch off and find some replacements |
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"Nutcase ****ING KOOK " I reckon the "electrolyte" is kitchen fat. I saked the owner if used in a kitchen and he said no. But it was used in a caravan which was used for cooking in. So tried tasting somer on the tip of my tongue and swilling off soon after. No sweetness , if anything cooking fat taste. Checked my taste buds with some glycerin and distinct sweet taste. No problems with cracked toor capacity with the removed and then replaced caps. ** Quote: " LCD TV SMPS LV C vented electrolyte, " What Low Voltage Cap was that - eh ?????? You ****ing LIED to us - AGAIN !!!!!! You ****ING MORON !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! .... Phil |
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found a number of 22pF 3KV and seriesed them up , working fine now
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You're thorough and consciencious, and/or cleaning and drying was required
in your job.. although consumer crap isn't intended to last for years, which is a fairly reasonable assumption for a typical piece of Tektronix gear. I've seen decades old Tek equipment that still operated fine, although not as accurately as a freshly calibrated instrument, still perfectly operational. If this TV gets recycled, in several decades it will have already been numerous pieces of cheaply made consumer crap, sold over 'n over again to somewhat senseless consumers (or it could end up in some space program or national defense weapons equipment). -- Cheers, WB .............. "mike" wrote in message ... You seem to be looking for a way to ignore the cleaning issue. I've had TEK circuit boards that I'd cleaned "squeaky clean", TWICE. But it took a third time to make the board come back to life. Electrolyte may not be your current problem, but it WILL be a future problem. Leave electrolyte on stuff at your peril ;-) |
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Using principally a 8.5KV transformer and variac and 300M ohm 1000:1 divider
capacitors passed at 1.5KV , 9 to 10uA 2KV , 12 to 14uA 2.5KV , 15 to 17uA at 50Hz |
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