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Hi guys I am back with a question. I have a broken Tv I think the power supply Is shot on it. Me being the cheap B**** (<--- use your imagination there) i am want to know if there is a way I can wire my tv to use a old 500w power supply I have. I have seen this guy do it but dont know what rails he connected to and the possible threat of a fire hazard this proposes.

 

 

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how are the caps? 99% of the time, the craps dry out due to heat.

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As said most times it's bad capacitors that cause issues on TV's, if you do some probing with a multimeter to check to see if the power rails have power that would be a good place to start, one thing to note there is live AC power if you do this so I wouldn't suggest this if your not experienced in what your doing.

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how are the caps? 99% of the time, the craps dry out due to heat.

nope that caps appear to be fine all components are working none blown. sometimes it will turn on sometimes it dosent but all of the time the psu for the tv has a bad stench to it -so thats why im not going to take my chances. (btw its a poloroid dvd combo )

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As said most times it's bad capacitors that cause issues on TV's, if you do some probing with a multimeter to check to see if the power rails have power that would be a good place to start, one thing to note there is live AC power if you do this so I wouldn't suggest this if your not experienced in what your doing.

i checked that to and none of the capacitors are bulged out or have any lift from the board im almost positive its the psu

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CAN you do it, probably, SHOULD you do it, no. high risk of fire, and getting terminaly dead

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