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Author Topic: installed Ms Pac power supply kit- help needed  (Read 4978 times)

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Re: installed Ms Pac power supply kit- help needed
« Reply #40 on: September 29, 2006, 12:15:58 pm »
TV repair shops can fix 'em. Just bring it in. 
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Re: installed Ms Pac power supply kit- help needed
« Reply #41 on: September 29, 2006, 02:10:09 pm »
Not if he just pulled the chassis and shipped it by itsself.
Of course. Silly me!

Fred: I once popped into a TV repair shop to get an estimate on doing a cap kit for me. First, I had to explain what a cap kit was. I said it's "replacing all the capacitors". His response was "that's alot of capacitors".
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Re: installed Ms Pac power supply kit- help needed
« Reply #42 on: September 29, 2006, 02:12:40 pm »

Then you picked a crappy TV repair shop.  They're not all like that. 

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Re: installed Ms Pac power supply kit- help needed
« Reply #43 on: September 29, 2006, 04:33:35 pm »
The guy I took mine too told me I was wasting my money and showed me how to work on 'em. Depends on who you know I guess.

The worst they can say is "nope".

But it isn't that big of a job anyway. Bob Roberts and the rgvac have write ups that make it easy. The first one is really nerve racking, but after that you get a pretty good feel for it.  You do need to go get a soldering Iron from radio shack, and a solder sucker, and some solder.

It's good practice. 
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Re: installed Ms Pac power supply kit- help needed
« Reply #44 on: September 29, 2006, 09:21:04 pm »

My first was nerve racking.  That is true.

Now I could cap a monitor without any issue whatsoever.