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I'm sure you know this but make sure they got in right way round .... a friend of mine brought a cap repair kit of Ebay and was bemused when he fitted them and the whole board blew up ..... when he gave it to me I saw only 2 out of 5 caps were the right way round
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First the TV inputs died, which wasn't an issue, I dont watch that crap, then the HDMIs went. Took it apart, got a replacement main board on eBay for £30. Worked perfectly. When taking it apart though I found the fault, on the backside of the main board a huge heatpad over the main processor had slide down, and was only covering 1/3rd of it.
Overheating over a period of years, I suspect the pad never was positioned correctly from new. The fault started about 13 months after buying TV, Samsung didn't want to know.
A 7 year old Toshiba with dead tuner, was fixed, by Toshiba sending me a card to stick in the back and refresh the corrupt OS, free of charge.
I understand that it is the most likely component to have blown and caused one speaker to stop working.
I'm no electronics expert and without the advice on here, I'd have been knackered, so thanks to the FB and you fine fellows I now have a functioning TV that I can watch Teletext on to my heart's content!
I do however manage to keep my 32 year old central heating boiler going, much to the wife's annoyance cos she wants a new one. By this statement, I've probably put the mockers on it now.
A new one might save you more in the long run. They tend to be a lot more efficient.
I have been keeping my similar vintage boiler going by repairing the circuit board which is a known weak point in an other wise bulletproof boiler.
Offsetting the costs of running a less efficient boiler against the costs of a new one, is a balancing equation but I'm happy enough to keep it running as long as I can.
Well done Chilli by the way.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
My boiler is an Ideal Elan 60. It's so simple, easier to fix than a Fender, and there's a fantastic troubleshooting flow chart for it. Not that I need it these days, the only thing I haven't replaced over the years is the heat exchanger and the casing. Once the heat exchanger goes, it's game over, though.
A new one is going to cost the thick end of a couple of grand to get installed, so I'm keeping it going for now. As my gas and lecky bills combined total about £1,300 a year for fairly large house, I can't imagine I would make enough savings on boiler efficiency to warrant a new one.
I take it you don't have a wife and daughters who that like to run baths that come up to the overflow on a regular basis (not to mention not switching off lights and other electrical equipment).