Arcade Repair Tips - Installing A Cap Kit

Welcome to the Arcade Repair Tips Video Series! In this video, Tim Peterson and Michael will talk about how to install capacitors on an arcade monitor chassis. For more information, please visit our website at www.arcaderepairtips.com and please watch for more videos in the Arcade Repair Tips Video Series! Thanks for watching!

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• installing
• cap
• kit
• arcade
• repair
• tips
• monitor
• chassis
• michael

[TheNews1990]

a would assume this mite work on a karate champ monitor

[varcadegames]

@TheNews1990 This could fix your Karate Champ depending on what the problem is. You might want to check out the post related to this video on our website. It will give you an idea of what a cap kit fixes and help you with buying a kit for your particular brand and model of monitor. Also, you might post a video of the problem you're having so we can get a better idea of what's going on. Thanks for watching and good luck with your repair.

[buddwieser]

@arbayer2 Gidday, my monitor fades to black slowly (3-5sec) and will return after a while and then fade again. It just keeps doing this at random intervals. Has no effect on the game being played whatsoever. Could this be a capacitor issue i.e. a cap kit replacement is required? Thanks for your time.

[showmeyourfuzzy]

What kind of meter are you using? will my Multi-Meter work, if so, what am i checking? Volts, amps, ohms, what?

[arbayer2]

@James0Reed Well, it's an electric component that stores electrical energy on a PCB and only allows AC power to pass through the circuit it's connected to. I'm not an expert, believe me, but I believe that in this case, it's used to help keep the amount of power traveling through it at a constant level, that way you don't get power surges everywhere. If you have a computer motherboard or really any PCB, the capacitors on it look barrel-shaped, usually have a stripe on one side, with a metal top.

[scosby100]

I just purchased a old arcade and when I let it warm up the picture gets very distorted and starts flashing and flickering untill I cant even see any video....I can hear it but cant see it?? Any suggestions???

[TheNews1990]

@varcadegames well i was actually thinkin of buyin the karate champ with a broken monitor that i assumed had a cap problem

[varcadegames]

@cameronMetcalfKelly This is pretty much exactly what we would have done if the same thing happened to us. This should be fine just as long as the copper trace is making contact with the flyback pin. You should be able to check the continuity with a multimeter to make sure. If you don't get continuity you may need to jumper a wire from the flyback pin directly to the trace.

We have featured your question on episode 14 of our Q&A podcast. Please listen to it for more of our thoughts. Thanks.

[varcadegames]

@BURPism This is probably do to what voltage different circuits require when they design the board. Obviously a higher voltage cap will work but that's because the voltage required is less that what the cap allows. It really all comes down to the design of the board.

We have also featured your question on episode 14 of our Q&A podcast. Please listen to it for more of our thoughts on your question. Thank you for your question and good luck with your future repairs.

[varcadegames]

ryoaska1,

We always recommend discharging the monitor before attempting to do any repairs to it. While many monitors do not hold a charge anymore, it's not worth getting shocked if your monitor does.

We have also featured your question on episode 9 of our Q&A podcast. Please listen to it for more of our thoughts on your question. Thank you for your question and good luck with your future repairs.