steve1970 Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 Google warriors always jump on to the subject of bad CAP's. It is impossible to tell without testing.It could be any number of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutch Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 You're really selling it there: "It's a cheap and easy fix, as long as you don't blow your arm off with a huge electric shock" ---------- Post added 30-11-2015 at 17:20 ---------- Google warriors always jump on to the subject of bad CAP's. It is impossible to tell without testing.It could be any number of things. yes it could be anything but modern TV use very large cheap electrolytic caps with low lifespan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerousedd Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 if he doesn't know what he's doing best to take it to a qualified repairer, still that bush tv is probably made by vestel and they're known for using low quality caps in their psu's. lots of heat plus crap caps = non working tv after a few years, still it could be something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarvisS8 Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 ---------- Post added 30-11-2015 at 17:20 ---------- yes it could be anything but modern TV use very large cheap electrolytic caps with low lifespan. Actually most often it's not the large filter cap infact when messing with them I never found one of those to be bad. It's most often the capacitors on the output that fail....and really it could be anything and not just that caps can and do fail often without any signs you will then need at least an ESR meter to test them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cazowl Posted November 30, 2015 Author Share Posted November 30, 2015 Well I for one will not be poking around with it when I don't know what I'm doing! But interesting views, thanks. Upshot is, avoid Bush in the future. Got it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanes teeth Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 It's amazing how many people with no electrical knowledge go poking around with a big screwdriver. And that's exactly what you've just encouraged them to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cassity Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 And that's exactly what you've just encouraged them to do. How in the hell did you come to that conclusion? I pointed out what takes place, not what should take place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin6 Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 Caps get blamed for everything and its very rarely the cause Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanes teeth Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 A quid or so for capacitors from Bardwells and the ability to use a soldering iron and absorb info from a youtube vid. Take precautions though, they can give you a right belt if you don't drain down. This sounds to me very much like an encouragement to have a go rather than pay someone who knows what they're doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janus Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 (edited) Hi all, Sorry if this is in the wrong place. Just wondered if anyone knew whether it was worth repairing a large 40" TV (which just seems now to suddenly not want to turn on that's all). The light flashes but nobody is home! Just getting the feelers out on whether it might be worth trying to repair it(might just simply be the switch or something) or simply investing in a new one. It is admittedly about 4 years old now. Do people still come out to repair these days or do you have to take them to a repair shop? cheers Just a thought-if I turn my tv off with the remote (which leaves it in standby mode), but then later decide to turn the tv off completeley by using the on/off switch the following happens. When I next want to watch tv, I turn it on at the on/off switch and all it does is flashes like yours. This is because it has been left in standby mode prior to being turned off. Could that be the problem with yours? Have yo tried using the remote to turn the tv on after turning the tv on with the on/off switch?? Edited December 1, 2015 by Janus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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