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Strider590 wrote: »With items that spend years plugged in and then a long period unplugged, the likely suspect is going to be capacitors, and most likely 1000uf capacitors, as caps are about the only electronic components that really "age".
Put it this way, I know guys who buy a few hundred of them, go down the local recycling centre, pull TVs out of skips, change the capacitors and then sell them on eBay.
If you get nowhere with it, take it apart, look for:
If you see any bulging or leaking, then that is 100% the problem.
Sorry meant to quote you. See first response above.GC 2026 ~ Jan £213.45/180 Feb £180.21/£120 Mar £158.53/£150 April £134.50/£120 (includes food, toiletries and cleaning from 13th to 12th of each month). £23.38/30 Bulk fund Two person vegan household, with occasional visitorsJoin me on the meal plan thread : https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6356309/could-we-start-a-meal-plan-thread-again-so-its-not-lost-in-the-gc/p1Forever learning the art of frugality0
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