- Jun 1, 2013
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--I wasn't too sure on where to post this... hopefully I got it right--
I got a tv recently and had an urgent need to open the ac adapter (1. dont ask 2. and I just learned that name - I always thought they were called transformers.) and my genius self shoved a screwdriver too far in the side since these things are held together with like the god of adhesive's ubermega crazyglue superpremium platinum++ and I bent some metal shield on the end. I have no idea if this even matters because it STILL doesn't touch anything (why is it there?). I can't buy another because there is about 2 of the same model on the web and they are about $40 + shipping across posideon's ocean. At least the Chinese children are getting paid well. So my problem is a capacitor... one of the 4 metal corners decided to lift off and some god-knows-what brown stuff if oozing out, so I'm pretty confident it's broken. It's 47uF and 450v and I found the exact thing online for about 5 bucks. I just need to know if everything will be fine and dandy after the capacitor is fresh and new, or if something else is going to need daddy too? I also can't figure out where the heck the leads are - they are blocked by that damn metal shield and there's bajillions of solder points under the cap... how can I find the right one? And by the way, if you have no idea what you are talking about, give me advice anyways because I can't damage it any more than it already is.
Edit- I can take pictures if anybody wants.
I got a tv recently and had an urgent need to open the ac adapter (1. dont ask 2. and I just learned that name - I always thought they were called transformers.) and my genius self shoved a screwdriver too far in the side since these things are held together with like the god of adhesive's ubermega crazyglue superpremium platinum++ and I bent some metal shield on the end. I have no idea if this even matters because it STILL doesn't touch anything (why is it there?). I can't buy another because there is about 2 of the same model on the web and they are about $40 + shipping across posideon's ocean. At least the Chinese children are getting paid well. So my problem is a capacitor... one of the 4 metal corners decided to lift off and some god-knows-what brown stuff if oozing out, so I'm pretty confident it's broken. It's 47uF and 450v and I found the exact thing online for about 5 bucks. I just need to know if everything will be fine and dandy after the capacitor is fresh and new, or if something else is going to need daddy too? I also can't figure out where the heck the leads are - they are blocked by that damn metal shield and there's bajillions of solder points under the cap... how can I find the right one? And by the way, if you have no idea what you are talking about, give me advice anyways because I can't damage it any more than it already is.
Edit- I can take pictures if anybody wants.
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