Phetishboy
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Well, finally got my cap kit and other parts over the weekend. Capped the monitor, put it back together, tried to power it up, it blows my GFI outlet every time. Not sure if I've got a solder bridge somewhere or what, but this chassis is a bitch to take apart so it may take me a while to get up enough willpower to pull it apart again just to check.
Also, between the width coil and the width cap, there is a large section of the board that is scorched. In fact, there is a hole right through it. Now this obviously happened long ago, and the monitor was powering up before I capped it, but could this have anything to do with it blowing the breaker? And a follow-up question, should I be adding a jumper wire between the coil and the cap, as right now there is a hole there, or were they never connected via a trace?
Also, between the width coil and the width cap, there is a large section of the board that is scorched. In fact, there is a hole right through it. Now this obviously happened long ago, and the monitor was powering up before I capped it, but could this have anything to do with it blowing the breaker? And a follow-up question, should I be adding a jumper wire between the coil and the cap, as right now there is a hole there, or were they never connected via a trace?
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