andrewb
Well-known member
I would use the 1uF caps. As long as they've been stored in a reasonable way, they should be fine. (And if they are a decent brand like Panasonic or Nichicon, they'll definitely be fine.)
Caps are not as critical on THESE monitors, at least in terms of not replacing them causing bigger problems. Worst case if a cap is bad, the monitor just won't work. But it won't damage anything. Also, while the spot killer caps are important to the operation of the monitor, and the original tantalum caps DO go bad (and will cause the spot killer to not work properly), those four caps don't work that hard. So if the monitor works once you install the 1uF's, you're probably fine leaving them in there, and not replacing them again.
Cracked solder joints on the headers of the deflection board are more likely to actually cause transistors to blow. But as long as you reflow those, you'll be ok.
Caps are not as critical on THESE monitors, at least in terms of not replacing them causing bigger problems. Worst case if a cap is bad, the monitor just won't work. But it won't damage anything. Also, while the spot killer caps are important to the operation of the monitor, and the original tantalum caps DO go bad (and will cause the spot killer to not work properly), those four caps don't work that hard. So if the monitor works once you install the 1uF's, you're probably fine leaving them in there, and not replacing them again.
Cracked solder joints on the headers of the deflection board are more likely to actually cause transistors to blow. But as long as you reflow those, you'll be ok.

