Perfect. Every repair video I watched for my washing machine skipped this part because they said it was self explanatory. Jerks. It IS simple, but I needed to see the process. The toothpick trick will probably save my CB from being tossed across the room. Many thanks!
Great tips for things that are often overlooked, like polarity, the positive leg is longer, the stripe on electrolytic capacitors (negative leg) matches the moon or half-moon on the positioning circle on the board, and the excellent use of a toothpick to keep the hole open after you’ve removed the bad capacitor. Here’s a tip - you can tell a capacitor is bad when it explodes and you see pieces of the exterior and interior (“capacitor confetti”) covering the general area where the capacitor used to be, and its legs still are.
leakage, especially those discoloring the board. I much more often come across leaking capacitors than exploded, and these leaks slowly destroy the board and neighboring leads. Maybe that's cause I almost exclusively look at old computer motherboards, because leaks alone causes so much dysfunction. Maybe audio is a little different.
Yea I tried the Capacitor confetti, I think I have one more.... It sounded like a pop sound as it broke. I will take my bluetti apart when the battery is dry, just to be on the safe side. Put 8 Amps to a USB A port in the wrong direction by mistake.
Cheers 👍 you just saved me spending good money on a new TV. Changed a capacitor on a 14 y/o Hitachi TV and it's now working fine. Your vid was perfect. No fuss, no time wasting. All "How To" vids should be like this. Many thanks!
Great video, thanks for sharing. I have just repaired my speaker subwoofer with a $1.50 capacitor so I'm delighted. A $300+ saving on new speakers! Your step by step advice worked a treat.
Thank you! I really appreciate that you took the time to show an easy way to remove and replace. I am not good at soldering and you made it look so easy and fast. Also, thank you for showing the positive and negative ends. I wouldn’t have paid that any attention if I didn’t watch this.
Excellent video. Love the toothpick tip! I worked for 30 years in the semiconductor industry (working on the processing equipment) and never knew about this simple tip.
Very nice informative video. I have been soldering and repairing electronics many many years (im as old as a T-Rex fart, dead dinosaurs, aka crude oil, etc) and I think the toothpick idea is the bees knees, works like a charm for all passive components. Thanks again and keep up the great shaped solder joints my geeky tech mined friend. Love Love Love all the videos (ignore the h8ers they dont know wtf they are talking about) Count me as SUBBED!
Thank you so much. I was not sure I was brave enough to replace the capacitors on my Samsung TV, which has a clicking on/off problem and turns itself on when ever it feels like it, but your video has given me the confidence I need to give it a go. I have order myself some new capacitors on the strength of your very informative video. I have it fixed in my head now that the negative is the short leg side and goes were the moon shape is :) Would you advise to do one capacitor at a time, rather than taking them all out, then replacing?
This was one of the clearest videos I’ve ever seen. Thanks for keeping it straightforward. One question. My experience soldering leaves oxidation (I think) on the joints. The white substance forms immediately after I remove the iron. I see you left the iron on for a second after removing the solder. Do I need to do that?
not necessarily, the oxidation could come from any form of contamination.. sounds like a dry solder... not using flux, not enough or improper use of flux..
As a noob preparing a cap job on the Casio MG-510 midi guitar that has notorious cap issues I'm wondering wouldn't it be better to solder it so that there is a bit of space between the board and the capacitor, in your example you place the capacitor very near to the board, allowing it some longer 'legs' it would be easier (a) to establish whether a cap has turned leaky (b) do some * testing (* would love to insert a technical word but I'm a noob, I mean the sort of test with which you establish this cap needs replacing or not.
Thanks very informative going to replace mine now .I like how you make this so simple process every one else makes such of a big deal of it.It almost makes you feel like not doing it your self.
Thanks so much! You made it so easy and I never did anything like this before- got it done and worked perfect the first time! You are awesome! Thanks so much!
Here is my trick, I hang a 5" locking plier to the cap or any component as a light pulling weight. I apply the iron on the legs and the plier and cap falls off on the other side. Been doing this for last many years, success every time. And brother, please use some flux in spite of the solder core has rosin.
I'm a a late visitor, due to other projects; but it is interesting that this video co-incides with the so-called "Bad Cap" Era (2008-2012). Same time frame I got laid off from work.
This works great for single-sided boards like that but you’re going to be tearing out traces and plated thru-holes from something like a Turbo Duo with leaked electrolyte corrosion on top. Solder will not melt through with an iron like with no temperature control. Even most with digital TC struggle unless you have the newer cartridge type with the heating element built into the tip.
After Hours Tv & Pc repair Yes changing the caps in a radio or tv is the simplest to do on electronic devices...doing this and the radio or tv will work longtime...if you make a video ' before/after ' on a radio or tv will be great my friend ;).. simple suggestion.Thanks
what if the capacitor is not flushed with the board originally? does the replacement need to be elevated as well or can it sit flush against the board like in your video?
Disculpe tengo una pregunta, quiero cambiar los capacitors de mi amplificador de micrófono por unos Panasonic mi pregunta es si aumento la capacidad de los volteos será necesario cambiar los demás componentes del circuito, como resistor, om amp etc ?? como por ejemplo si tengo uno de 100uf 30v y lo cambio por un 150uf y 60v ?? Si podría hacerlo??
Thanks for the tutorial, I have a 1982 Sylvania black and white TV that I got from a family that bought it and never used it, so I think its new old stock. I’m gonna open it up and see if I can replace the capacitors, being that they are almost 40 years old. Quick question though, I was messing around with it when I first got it and I broke the V-size dial. Now it only works if I leave a screwdriver attached to it, otherwise the picture is just a line, like this -----------. Anybody have any thoughts on what I can do to fix it?
i had a soundcard whereby i ordered some capacitors to replace. noticed that the capacitors are bigger than the ones on the board. could i solder the capacitors high leaving the legs up ? So that i can shift the capacitors aside to conserve space for the oversize capacitors i ordered ?
ohh adviticing argh... it was so good until that. Anyway thanks I think I have blown one or more, I think I can do this if it is the Capacitor that has blown or more. It sounded like it something was trying to fly to the moon and that has happened before where it was someone of the same sound and issue.... Hopefully it is just one Capacitor or something that needs to be fixed. Would be nice. I made a huge mistake and... well shorted my DC power and it continues to short. But hopefully I can sort it out or get a new board for the power station.
I'm ready to give up. I've soldered all kinds of things in my 50+ years. I'm replacing 3 capacitors in my 88 mustang computer. It's not something I can mess up because there are no more of these. When I try to do exactly what you did to touch the solder to the new cap wire, the solder goes straight to the iron tip like a magnet. If I get a drop like you show where the cap wire comes out of the hole, I can lift the iron all the way up the cap leg and it will follow the iron all the way. It will not release onto the board. I've tried flux. I'm using 6040 flux core. It's the only solder I can find around here and I was lucky to fine it. Please tell me what I'm doing wrong. I'm using the same basic iron I've always used similar to yours.
Clean the tip of iron, sand paper when it’s cool, retin the iron tip with solder then wipe on a wet sponge. If the solder pad is larger than the wattage or heat of iron can handle, it may not get warm enough. Sometimes they act as a heat sink itself, then you’ll need something that’ll get hotter. If you have no luck, send me a email, I’ll replace them for you, you cover shipping and send a video of this mustang. I love mustangs.
This is a phenomenal instructional video, this is exactly what i needed. I've started looking at repairing some older electronics with bloating capacitors.
Perfect. Every repair video I watched for my washing machine skipped this part because they said it was self explanatory. Jerks. It IS simple, but I needed to see the process. The toothpick trick will probably save my CB from being tossed across the room. Many thanks!
haha mine too
💯 Same. Thanks for showing the process!
Great tips for things that are often overlooked, like polarity, the positive leg is longer, the stripe on electrolytic capacitors (negative leg) matches the moon or half-moon on the positioning circle on the board, and the excellent use of a toothpick to keep the hole open after you’ve removed the bad capacitor. Here’s a tip - you can tell a capacitor is bad when it explodes and you see pieces of the exterior and interior (“capacitor confetti”) covering the general area where the capacitor used to be, and its legs still are.
leakage, especially those discoloring the board. I much more often come across leaking capacitors than exploded, and these leaks slowly destroy the board and neighboring leads. Maybe that's cause I almost exclusively look at old computer motherboards, because leaks alone causes so much dysfunction. Maybe audio is a little different.
Yea I tried the Capacitor confetti, I think I have one more.... It sounded like a pop sound as it broke. I will take my bluetti apart when the battery is dry, just to be on the safe side.
Put 8 Amps to a USB A port in the wrong direction by mistake.
7 years later. Still an amazing video. Thank you
Thanks man. Just started into the world of soldering, fixed my folks tv for $8 worth of capacitors so now I’m hooked!
I want to start too
How did you know which capacitors to change out and what made you suspect that would fix it?
Dont know how you did it i had to throw my device in the trash. Soldering didnt work for me in real time it was a messy disaster
@@realSamAndrew I'm a rookie at this but typically "bulging" capacitor tops or culprits for needing replaced. Capacitors always have flat tops.
@@realSamAndrewif its exploded and leaked out everywhere xD
Cheers 👍 you just saved me spending good money on a new TV. Changed a capacitor on a 14 y/o Hitachi TV and it's now working fine.
Your vid was perfect. No fuss, no time wasting. All "How To" vids should be like this. Many thanks!
EXCELLENT VIDEO! Clear, concise, and as a bonus, no idiotic music!
I've watched many videos on this subject, and your is, hands down, the best one. Short, weet, and to the point. Thank you!
Great video, thanks for sharing. I have just repaired my speaker subwoofer with a $1.50 capacitor so I'm delighted. A $300+ saving on new speakers! Your step by step advice worked a treat.
I’m going to do this now after getting taken for a ride by electronics repair shops
Thank you! I really appreciate that you took the time to show an easy way to remove and replace. I am not good at soldering and you made it look so easy and fast. Also, thank you for showing the positive and negative ends. I wouldn’t have paid that any attention if I didn’t watch this.
Glad to be of help!
Yea I'm a newbie myself on those parts, hopefully this can make me get it done correctly if this is my issue.
Excellent video. Love the toothpick tip! I worked for 30 years in the semiconductor industry (working on the processing equipment) and never knew about this simple tip.
Thanks! I needed to repair a circuit board in my car to get my gauges working again. This is a huge help! Saved me over $2500 in parts and labor
The toothpick idea is just genius. Thanks for uploading
Tried this to replace a capacitor on a wine refrigerator. Worked on the first try! Thanks!
Hero level video! That toothpick hack is so simple yet absolute perfection! Solid info here!
This is among the best videos out there on this subject.
Your rocking the legs out tip works extremely well! Thanks for the help!
Best and most simplified video yet. Thank you
You just saved me $150 on a new main board for a fridge. You are an awesome individual sir. Thank you so much. 💪🏻
Did it fix the issue ?
My Roku TCL cuts on screen then just cuts off
It did work for me. But blew again within a month. I think it was compressor or something. Bought me time to get new fridge tho.
TYVM no other videos actually show you what to do. Thank you for making this video and keep it up!
Thank you. Simple and concise explanation. Doesn’t require a bunch of fancy tools. 👍
Thanks. I’m about to attempt replacing a largish capacitor on my inverter panel which has failed , hopefully it will be as simple as you describe 👍🏻
Very nice informative video. I have been soldering and repairing electronics many many years (im as old as a T-Rex fart, dead dinosaurs, aka crude oil, etc) and I think the toothpick idea is the bees knees, works like a charm for all passive components. Thanks again and keep up the great shaped solder joints my geeky tech mined friend. Love Love Love all the videos (ignore the h8ers they dont know wtf they are talking about) Count me as SUBBED!
Thanks. You make it seem like I can actually do this myself!
Thanks man. This was very informative. You make it look easier than it is!
Toothpick trick is going to be invaluable, thank you!
Wow. No need to desolder. I have toothpicks. Hope my receiver board will be as easy to remove. Love your video.
Thank you so much. I was not sure I was brave enough to replace the capacitors on my Samsung TV, which has a clicking on/off problem and turns itself on when ever it feels like it, but your video has given me the confidence I need to give it a go. I have order myself some new capacitors on the strength of your very informative video. I have it fixed in my head now that the negative is the short leg side and goes were the moon shape is :)
Would you advise to do one capacitor at a time, rather than taking them all out, then replacing?
This was one of the clearest videos I’ve ever seen. Thanks for keeping it straightforward. One question.
My experience soldering leaves oxidation (I think) on the joints. The white substance forms immediately after I remove the iron. I see you left the iron on for a second after removing the solder. Do I need to do that?
not necessarily, the oxidation could come from any form of contamination.. sounds like a dry solder... not using flux, not enough or improper use of flux..
thank you! the toothpick trick is awesome :)
im gonna fix that stupid LG Flatron now !^^
lol thats why im here too. Damn flatron
@@MrChronicVision lol same. 23 inch flatron. Lasted like 7 years of daily use though.
@@jorge69696 Yup. 23inch flatron, mine about 3 years and than blue light, no display. This fixed it
I'm watching this so I could fix a Flatron too. Lasted 11 years of almost daily use tho.
Thank you so much for your upload, i was able to fix a blown capacitor on my studio monitor(speaker). Thank you kind sir.
You are a god with the toothpick trick
Nice tip with the toothpick. Will come in very handy. Thank you
Excellent video - thank you. Is it necessary to clamp the capacitor to prevent any damage from the heat of the soldering gun?
No, shouldn’t have any issues
Thank you. This video helped. I was able to fix a refrigerator board!
easy and well explained. I missed the safety part though. Should we do something with the capacitor before? It might hold alot of charge in it right?
As a noob preparing a cap job on the Casio MG-510 midi guitar that has notorious cap issues I'm wondering wouldn't it be better to solder it so that there is a bit of space between the board and the capacitor, in your example you place the capacitor very near to the board, allowing it some longer 'legs' it would be easier (a) to establish whether a cap has turned leaky (b) do some * testing (* would love to insert a technical word but I'm a noob, I mean the sort of test with which you establish this cap needs replacing or not.
Straight to the point. Thanks dude.
Thumbs up dude ! THIS is what worked like a charm for me. Never done it before.
Thanks very informative going to replace mine now .I like how you make this so simple process every one else makes such of a big deal of it.It almost makes you feel like not doing it your self.
Perfect, helped me a lot fixing my dishwasher, many thanks.
Thanks so much! You made it so easy and I never did anything like this before- got it done and worked perfect the first time! You are awesome! Thanks so much!
Thanks for this vid, it was really helpful. And big props for that toothpick trick.👍😃
Thanks for making this video. You explained everything perfectly!
Excellent video. Watched and replaced in my Samsung tv. Works great again. Thanks for posting this awesome how to video
What is the recommended soldering kit for this?
Thank you for this video.
excellent DIY, very easy, How to figure out which capacitor is bad? I realize that question is not so simple
Here is my trick, I hang a 5" locking plier to the cap or any component as a light pulling weight. I apply the iron on the legs and the plier and cap falls off on the other side. Been doing this for last many years, success every time. And brother, please use some flux in spite of the solder core has rosin.
@@RingZero good tips!
Great explanation
Thanks for the info I wasn't sure if there was an - and a + on a capacitor now I know, a well explained video
I'm a a late visitor, due to other projects; but it is interesting that this video co-incides with the so-called "Bad Cap" Era (2008-2012). Same time frame I got laid off from work.
What temperature is the iron set at? That iron sure seems to be melting so quickly!
i found a common pi or long needle works very well to clear out the hole
This works great for single-sided boards like that but you’re going to be tearing out traces and plated thru-holes from something like a Turbo Duo with leaked electrolyte corrosion on top. Solder will not melt through with an iron like with no temperature control. Even most with digital TC struggle unless you have the newer cartridge type with the heating element built into the tip.
Best Demo yet!! Thanks
Cool trick with the toothpick
thanks for the upload-
i'm doing a recap for one of my arcade PCBs
Thank you for this. Three capacitors popped only tv and I need to replace em but I’d rather save money and do it myself
Excellent video and straight to the point.
Thankyou for creating this video, its given me a little confidence into trying to fix my Atari 2600 😅
Thanks for the tips!! Wish I would have watched this b4 I paid for this Desoldering Pump. Could have just used a toothpick! Awesome!!
this has helped me learn ALOT thank you!
You’re a legend ! Exactly what I needed!
You are awesome! I have fixed many TV's using your videos.
Thats good to hear! I hope I help people get into electronics repair by these videos. Sometimes it is the simplest thing to repair.
After Hours Tv & Pc repair Yes changing the caps in a radio or tv is the simplest to do on electronic devices...doing this and the radio or tv will work longtime...if you make a video ' before/after ' on a radio or tv will be great my friend ;).. simple suggestion.Thanks
There are over 340 videos of mine of repairing televisions on here.
I have a few old amiga 600s but the old solder is very stubborn and doesn't seem to melt. Do you have any tips.
thank you very much, this is very helpful
Thank you for the video.
I had never seen the toothpick method before.
Thanks for the post! The toothpick tip was most helpful.
Excellent video !! Thank you !!!
Thank you so much for the tutorials!
Thanks for the great vid. Just what I was looking for!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks, a steady hand is critical too. QUESTION is; Can a 1200uF capacitor be replaced with a 1000uF of the same voltage?
Probably, but you never want to go down in uf, always up
I love learning tricks of the trade. Toothpick FTW
Just stumbled across this one thanks for sharing!!
Very helpful and informative. Thank you.
Can i just replace the board if i don't wanna go through all that and solder?
Toothpick and fingernail clippers! Great tips!
Such a good video! Thank you!
This is what i was looking for. Thanks
You are awesome! Thanks for the help saved me a good bit of money repairing my pool control board. :)
Thanks, your video helped me!
Thanks brotha! this is exactly what I needed to see. Appreciate the post!
Where do I buy capacitors and resistors, please?
what if the capacitor is not flushed with the board originally? does the replacement need to be elevated as well or can it sit flush against the board like in your video?
Awesome job explaining it simply to a newb. Awesome trick if u want to save money.
Great video
Excellent tutorial! easy to see everything you did. *****
Perfect! Thank you!
Great straight forward video...
Disculpe tengo una pregunta, quiero cambiar los capacitors de mi amplificador de micrófono por unos Panasonic mi pregunta es si aumento la capacidad de los volteos será necesario cambiar los demás componentes del circuito, como resistor, om amp etc ?? como por ejemplo si tengo uno de 100uf 30v y lo cambio por un 150uf y 60v ?? Si podría hacerlo??
NICE👍👍 Like the toothpick technique.
Thanks for the tutorial, I have a 1982 Sylvania black and white TV that I got from a family that bought it and never used it, so I think its new old stock. I’m gonna open it up and see if I can replace the capacitors, being that they are almost 40 years old. Quick question though, I was messing around with it when I first got it and I broke the V-size dial. Now it only works if I leave a screwdriver attached to it, otherwise the picture is just a line, like this -----------. Anybody have any thoughts on what I can do to fix it?
i had a soundcard whereby i ordered some capacitors to replace. noticed that the capacitors are bigger than the ones on the board. could i solder the capacitors high leaving the legs up ? So that i can shift the capacitors aside to conserve space for the oversize capacitors i ordered ?
That should be fine.
ohh adviticing argh... it was so good until that. Anyway thanks I think I have blown one or more, I think I can do this if it is the Capacitor that has blown or more. It sounded like it something was trying to fly to the moon and that has happened before where it was someone of the same sound and issue.... Hopefully it is just one Capacitor or something that needs to be fixed. Would be nice.
I made a huge mistake and... well shorted my DC power and it continues to short. But hopefully I can sort it out or get a new board for the power station.
just the info I needed thankyou !
Thanks. A great video.
Thank you!
Amazing video, very informative finally
I'm ready to give up. I've soldered all kinds of things in my 50+ years. I'm replacing 3 capacitors in my 88 mustang computer. It's not something I can mess up because there are no more of these. When I try to do exactly what you did to touch the solder to the new cap wire, the solder goes straight to the iron tip like a magnet. If I get a drop like you show where the cap wire comes out of the hole, I can lift the iron all the way up the cap leg and it will follow the iron all the way. It will not release onto the board. I've tried flux. I'm using 6040 flux core. It's the only solder I can find around here and I was lucky to fine it. Please tell me what I'm doing wrong. I'm using the same basic iron I've always used similar to yours.
Clean the tip of iron, sand paper when it’s cool, retin the iron tip with solder then wipe on a wet sponge. If the solder pad is larger than the wattage or heat of iron can handle, it may not get warm enough. Sometimes they act as a heat sink itself, then you’ll need something that’ll get hotter. If you have no luck, send me a email, I’ll replace them for you, you cover shipping and send a video of this mustang. I love mustangs.
This is a phenomenal instructional video, this is exactly what i needed. I've started looking at repairing some older electronics with bloating capacitors.
Well demonstrated.
Great vid! Now I’m going to return the $25 worth of non necessary items they used in the other videos!