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Re: camcorder viewfinder not good after repair

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From: James Sweet
Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2005 04:58
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<Jim_Lazzaro@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks fellows, but .....:
> I have just removed the 100 uf cap that I had replaced the original
> with and put in the correct value being 82 uf (found at Speedy Spares
> Melbourne). So the video came on good but I noticed a slight flickering
> occasionally. Anyway about 5 minutes later all went blank, no picture
> no light on crt of the virewfinder.
> Tested things and found one shorted diode a one shorted transistor near
> flyback.
> How lucky can one get?
> Can anyone please tell me why this happened? ( perhaps these components
> were already going bad)
> Jim
>

Quite easily the bad capacitor caused them to pop.
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