Vizio VO42L 42 in. LCD TV "discharge capacitor unplugging works" Questions

comfortable with opening these things, then you can carefully (after unplugging and allowing it to discharge) take a glance inside. If any capacitor(s) are visibly blown out, then there's your problem

...capacitor. If you don't discharge the capacitors or replace caps with inaccurate values you could easily damage other sensitive circuits. Try resetting the tv back to manufacturers specs and see if ...

...the capacitors at Tv power supply are faulty. By doing what Philips suggested, you actualy try to discharge capacitors. This trick could work, if capacitors would be fine. Your tv needs to be ...

...convergence repair kit and in the instructions I was told to unplug my tv for 3 days so that it can discharge.my question is will the tv discharge before then so i can work on it. Is 3 days overkill ...

...discharge excessive voltage store at the power supply usually at the primary capacitor and also to reset the processor which turn on/off the circuit.while you are waiting to discharge the voltage ...

TV will not power-up. I unplugged it from the DC power supply for 12 hours and then plugged it back up, and it worked for a day. I turned it off using the remote and it will not power-on. I unplugged ...

...that comes from the two small black bo Long shot, try turning off, unplugging, then hold the power button down for about 5-10 seconds. It will discharge the capacitors, which could be

...electricity in the large capacitors that can harm or kill you. Google "discharging capacitors" to discharge the electricity from the power board. Attempt at your own

a faulty capacitor. Please remeber to discharge all capacitors before you work on anything because at worse it could end up seriously injuring you at best it WILL fry other parts of your tv. Good luck

...mess with it until an hour or so after you unplug it. Or google "discharging capacitors" to discharge the electricity from the power board. Attempt at your own