My RCA home theater dvd player's standby light stays on but upon pressing the power button it does not turn on

Question

It stays in standby. I checked if the fuse is ok. It turns out that it is but two of the capacitors, one of them right by the power cord, are leaking. There is this black slimy goo is coming out. I know how to use th soldering iron and I also know how to replace the capacitors. But the problem is that I dont know where to buy the new capasitors and how to find out what kin/type of capacitor to buy. Another thing hat I am not sure o is that even if I repair it would it start working. In other words I dont know that what caused those capacitors to leak and I am afraidthat if I repalce those two capasitors, will they start leaking again? But I am willing to take that risk. For now please help me in finding a place where I can buy the right kind/type of capacitors. I dont know who to read the colors on the capacitors. There are many weird numbrs and greek letters witten on the capacitors. but on the bord it says, c027, c303

Answer 1

u can try to unplug then plug in see wat hppens or theres somthing wrong with the sodering

Answer 2

It could just be the leaky capacitors...

c027 and c303  just means that they are capicitors #27 and #303 on the board. If you had the service manual, you could look them up in the parts list and find the values.

There should be a value in mf or mfd written on the caps along with a maximum voltage. That's all you need. You can use a cap with a higher power rating, but it's not good to exceed the original by too much when replacing electrolytic type capacitors which sounds like the type you wish to replace. The service life of an electrolytic cap will be shortened if a low voltge type is replaced by one with a much higher voltage rating. The type of caps usually used on a PC board with both leads coming out of the bottom are called radial.

There are many places on the web that sell electronic parts. Problem is... most of them have minimum orders or hefty service charges on smaller orders. This guy has a smaller selection of low voltage electrolytics and no minimum, although he mainly deals in higher voltage types for tube audio. He may have what you need. http://www.wjoe.com/capacitors.htm  Otherwise... start Googling. You could try Parts Express...

Also, notice that one side of a capacitor is marked to show polarity (usually with a stripe and arrows). Make sure you put the new ones in the same way and don't reverse them.

Good luck!!! :)