Hi guys,
I have another LG monitor that stopped working. It displays the LG logo, then switches off,
then displays the logo again and so on. Its has been in use for 4 years approximately.
I took it apart, had a look at the mains power board and while there was a lot of black dust,
it looks ok. I have cleaned everything. No bulging capacitors. I measured all of them and they
have a very low ESR of 0.017ohms. All the 1000uF ones have exactly the same ESR value.
They are SAMXON and SUNYOUNG branded. The big one in the first input stage had a lot of
the black dust on its positive terminal.
When I put everything back together it worked again... but I don't know for how long.
Is it possible that these capacitors have such a low ESR values?
I cannot find any new Panasonic ones with such low values!
Do you think that I should replace them anyway with new ones?
The ones I found have an ESR of 0.025ohms.
Will they be ok, or will they get hot with their higher impedance?
My final question is, could this kind of problem be just a *stuck power on button* ?... I have removed all the capacitors now but if someone has a similar LG model, can you please
do the following test: keep pressing the Power On button continuously and see if the monitor
does the same. e.g. blinks the LG logo on and off until you release the button.
That, would help a lot!
Thanks again.
George.
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