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How to Repair Your Plasma TV With Blinking LED
DON’T THROW IT OUT!!!
Another youtube repair video that applies to many popular brands of 32″- 52+” plasma tvs. Samsung makes most Plasma screens on earth, hence your *whatever brand name* Plasma TV has both the Samsung screen AND the matching Samsung power supply board. So this video most likely applies to you. 
If your TV is different inside or is LCD, then simply look for blown capacitors in other locations. Youtube “Pictures of bad capacitors” for a quick tutorial.
The parts listed in this video are for the two 3,300uF capacitors identified in this video only. If replacing a capacitor in a different location, be sure your replacement capacitor has the same voltage and capacitance rating.
I recommend only Panasonic EB series electrolytic capacitors as they are extremely well made. Capable of surviving the high temperature/stress application in the power supply.
Finally, If the entire family waited in anxious glory as you unboxed that new TV…. get a UPS for it.
The UPS unit will save you from many capacitor related problems. Has to be a UPS, not a simple surge or spike protector…..
UPS has a small internal computer and a battery source that monitors your AC socket for surges (from vacuum cleaners or microwave ovens). If there is a quick spike, it kills it and switches over to another source of power. It is almost a requirement for any new high dollar appliance!!!
UPS = uninterruptible power supply = $80-$100 from the local office supply superstore.
Duration : 0:2:52
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December 16th, 2009 at 9:17 am
there was so much …
there was so much wire and circuit board junk in that Tv, I was not even going to bother with trying to find the problem…. there was a lot more stuff in that Tv than the one you have shown here.
it’s much easier for me to just go buy a new bigger and better 1080p HDTV instead of trying to fix a “used to be” top of the line 720p display. I couldn’t believe Sony wanted $9,999.00 to begin with… I only paid $299.00
December 16th, 2009 at 9:17 am
I forgot to mention …
I forgot to mention it was built in 2001
December 16th, 2009 at 9:17 am
I agree and own a …
I agree and own a ESR meter, but most people looking to repair their Plasma TV do not have such test equipment.
The two caps in this video are almost always the problem and nothing else. From my understanding, the 25 volt and higher capacitors on the board are stable components.
Ideally, all of the capacitors should be replaced as preventive maintenance. But is beyond the scope for the average do-it-yourselfer.
December 16th, 2009 at 9:17 am
Just because you …
Just because you don’t see any other ones puff up does not mean they are good you need to check all the caps with an ESR meter to insure that they all, are good. Some people just check with there meter for the Micro Farads. However you can not just go off that you need to know the AC resistance………..
December 16th, 2009 at 9:17 am
According to Sony’s …
According to Sony’s ISO-9001 service bulletin on technician compliance (article 4 section 32c) the golf club is strictly reserved for level 2 repairs only.
That method only works if replacing the capacitors has failed.
December 16th, 2009 at 9:17 am
O OK cool
O OK cool
December 16th, 2009 at 9:17 am
I fixed my …
I fixed my $9,999.00 42 inch Sony plasma Tv with the golf club!
it had some sort of bullet proof glass protecting the screen, so it was hard to actually break the plasma screen!
I don’t know what was wrong with it, but it just stopped working one day and only the fans would run and it would continuously try to power up the display… no blinking lights though.