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Bloomin' cheapo capacitors!!!
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<blockquote data-quote="2cvbloke" data-source="post: 469259" data-attributes="member: 199791"><p>Ok, it's not technically TV or satellite related, but it needs a soldering iron!!! My mum's little tank, a fishRfun FRF-555 hex tank, has a faulty light, I just took it apart and would you believe it, one of the two caps is swollen, badly, but luckily the tank's not in use (the now-not-so-little fishies all live in a much bigger tank), so there was no danger of poisoning the fish. Anyway, I managed to find and buy some same rating caps on eBay and I'll be fixing the light and getting the tank cleaned up & ready for use... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>I just need to buy a new tube for the light as the replacement I bought, thinking it was just the tube, is scorched just like the old one, and it's not a standard 4 or 8w one, it's in the middle at 6w... <img src="http://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></p><p></p><p>Just another excuse to use me soldering iron... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="2cvbloke, post: 469259, member: 199791"] Ok, it's not technically TV or satellite related, but it needs a soldering iron!!! My mum's little tank, a fishRfun FRF-555 hex tank, has a faulty light, I just took it apart and would you believe it, one of the two caps is swollen, badly, but luckily the tank's not in use (the now-not-so-little fishies all live in a much bigger tank), so there was no danger of poisoning the fish. Anyway, I managed to find and buy some same rating caps on eBay and I'll be fixing the light and getting the tank cleaned up & ready for use... :D I just need to buy a new tube for the light as the replacement I bought, thinking it was just the tube, is scorched just like the old one, and it's not a standard 4 or 8w one, it's in the middle at 6w... :rolleyes: Just another excuse to use me soldering iron... :D [/QUOTE]
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