kryptview not powering on

[faflefevre]

its looking like you have a faulty power supply board....
leave it with me till the morning as there is 2 parts that lose value and cause this fault i will check what the boards reference numbers are...
i could possible repair or supply a working board..
im not sure of the sites rules on this is it looks like im advertising for work

[shahchad87]

Another thing I realised while testing the voltage was that the voltage would slightly start to drop the longer I held on to the pin. Would that suggest a faulty capacitor on the PSU bosrd ?

[faflefevre]

the parts to check on the power board are d8 (diode)..
c13 (2200 10v) c15 (100 16) have a look at these 2 caps to see if they are doomed or bulging...put your finger on the top to check if doomed or not.....
your 12v line is a bit high.....
if these parts seem ok you may be best changing the whole power board..
im about 85% sure your faults on the power board but could be wrong...
i have a kv with a working power board and a fault on the main board..so i suppose if you removed the main board sent it to me i could tell you 100% if its faulty or not

[cactikid]

out of interest do you use surge protection on all your units?

[shahchad87]

The C13 capacitor top was clearly bulging from the rest of the caps. So ordered a replacement from eBay and replaced it today. Worked a treat, thanks faflefevre!

[cactikid]

are you using surge protection??

[shahchad87]

It is plugged straight into the wall socket.

[cactikid]

no protection from power surges then.

[faflefevre]

well done m8 gald its sorted..
its nothing to do with electricity surges.
its due to age and heat its common on all electronics especially televisions..
if you had a surge it would blow the internal fuse or damage the primary of the power supply.
your fault was on the secondry of the power supply..
the older starview 1 boxes used to give the same problem on the 3.3v line and would freese up and display a 0 in the display..
anyway glad i was of some help.
and good advise from cactikid about surge protectors may prevent killing your eqipment for goog

[cactikid]

after sv1 i used surge protection on cable and sat,power and internet so no back door entrance.
are you using a good quality scart with no loose connections as i have been told that may damage caps also.

[faflefevre]

you have been told wrong m8...
the only way a scart cable can damage a cap is if you used a scart cable as a weapon and physically hit the cap with the cable