Guidance needed on WG 19K7901

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I pulled this monitor from a Sega OutRun a long time ago. It has moderate burn-in but looked fine in the OutRun. I took it to a friend's house to 'help' him with a Defender which had a monitor that was not working. I foolishly hooked up the WG and it popped the fuse on the chassis and also took out his wall outlet. I investigated and the power to the monitor was coming straight from the line in and not the isolation transformer and the main fuse in the cabinet had also been shorted.

I brought it home and it sat for over a year. I hooked it up today hoping that it would only need a replacement fuse. I connected it to the isolation transformer on my JAMMA test rig, turned the power on and it took out the in-line fuse right before the line filter. The fuse on the chassis did not blow. I can't see any scorch marks on the chassis or neck board.

Here's where I need the guidance. Is it worth it to fix this chassis? I've never done a cap kit but have pretty good soldering skills. Is it likely I can replace the parts that have gone bad for a reasonable price or pay someone to do it - or am I better off buying a new monitor or a replacement chassis?
 
I pulled this monitor from a Sega OutRun a long time ago. It has moderate burn-in but looked fine in the OutRun. I took it to a friend's house to 'help' him with a Defender which had a monitor that was not working. I foolishly hooked up the WG and it popped the fuse on the chassis and also took out his wall outlet. I investigated and the power to the monitor was coming straight from the line in and not the isolation transformer and the main fuse in the cabinet had also been shorted.

I brought it home and it sat for over a year. I hooked it up today hoping that it would only need a replacement fuse. I connected it to the isolation transformer on my JAMMA test rig, turned the power on and it took out the in-line fuse right before the line filter. The fuse on the chassis did not blow. I can't see any scorch marks on the chassis or neck board.

Here's where I need the guidance. Is it worth it to fix this chassis? I've never done a cap kit but have pretty good soldering skills. Is it likely I can replace the parts that have gone bad for a reasonable price or pay someone to do it - or am I better off buying a new monitor or a replacement chassis?

Check the rectifier diodes in the bridge. One (or more) of them probably shorted internally which is dumping the AC to ground... it'll usually take out the fuse in the "cabinet" before it'll take out the fuse on the chassis. Would make sense since it was run, even for a few seconds, without an ISO.

I'd save the monitor, tossing one aside because of a little screen burn makes no sense. Save it for a game with tinted plexi and you'll never see the burn in.
 
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