Some More Plasma TV Repairs

Getting some more work done on the Planar PD42ED Plasma TV's.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Planar
• plasma
• tv
• repair
• pd42ed
• audio
• distortion
• capacitor
• SMT

[bfriesen75]

What's the status of that Vizio you show briefly at the end, did you ever get a chance to work on it? I recently got a broken Vizio plasma that looks just like the one in your video, so I'd be curious to hear what you found wrong.

[Maxxarcade]

@bfriesen75 You can see the Vizio working in my Atari 2600 video. It just needed some power supply repairs.

[dlove9998]

I got a lg plasma. Its making the clicking sound, and the power light comes on and goes off. I open it up checked ALL the capicitors, and they all look good.... can you please tell me what else could it be?????

[agentmattk]

Hey mate, first of all, thank you for your helpful videos. May i ask your expertise on a problem i have;

I have a Panasonic Viera 42" TH-42PV8AZ that i am working on. It has an intermittent black line problem affecting 2 of the driver boards both are in sync when faulting... I have followed black line fix guides except the ribbon cables in this one have no component underneath to resolder, aluminium heatsink is glued on.

Could you shed any light where they might be in this TV? Thank you

[Maxxarcade]

@deathdime Darn it, I hate when people forget to log out of my shop PC. I just replied to a bunch of comments with my Sister's Fiance's account.

[deathdime]

@linagee Ya, it was a pain. Got them working though.

[linagee]

Time to get a hot air gun. Ack. I just cringe at you saying you did all the soldering and desoldering without one.

[GrantsPassTVRepairs]

@Maxxarcade Here is a video on BGA you might like. watch?v=JB1InDsWCjQ&feature=fv­w

I have a small hot air gun which is probably designed for warming heat shrink tubing but it gets hot enough to solder with.

[Maxxarcade]

@GrantsPassTVRepairs Ya, I hate lead free solder. Sure, there's less lead in landfills now, but tons more plastic and other substances from discarded electronics. I've seen so may things fail because of bad solder, especially on BGA chips. There's a reason medical equipment is exempt :-)

I also use a flux pen when working with small parts. Helps the new solder to flow when used in tiny amounts that aren't enough for the built-in flux to work.