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Heatercathodeshort · 4th Apr 2010, 12:28 pm

Hello Chris,
No problem replacing capacitors that are in an obvious state of collapse, such as C31. You can leave it out of circuit for the time being in you wish. It has little or no effect in practise. The problem is that if you do this in quantity you may introduce faults that believe me are very difficult to trace. Suggest you take digital pictures first so that if the phone rings or you are taken off the job for some reason you can check the connections. I have spent more time tracing faults that I have put on sets than the original fault! It's very easy to miss place a component or connection. As British Rail used to say WE'RE GETTING THERE...John.

4th Apr 2010, 12:28 pm	#115
Heatercathodeshort Dekatron Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Warnham, West Sussex. 10 miles south of DORKING. Posts: 9,147	Re: Tv62 Hello Chris, No problem replacing capacitors that are in an obvious state of collapse, such as C31. You can leave it out of circuit for the time being in you wish. It has little or no effect in practise. The problem is that if you do this in quantity you may introduce faults that believe me are very difficult to trace. Suggest you take digital pictures first so that if the phone rings or you are taken off the job for some reason you can check the connections. I have spent more time tracing faults that I have put on sets than the original fault! It's very easy to miss place a component or connection. As British Rail used to say WE'RE GETTING THERE...John.