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Thanks for the tip re capacitors on the circuit board. My father in law is an electronics guru and I paid 60c for 2 capacitors, he changed them and it hasnt stopped since.
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Andrew,
What type or brand of capacitors are they? My clock doesn't work either and that sounds like it might be worth a shot.
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Kev
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G'Day Kev...I am no expert but here goes. On each capacitor there is a description of capacity and voltage and you need to replace them with the same or higher.The ones I used were 10mfch @25V,47 mfch @ 50V. This was the desc on the side of the capacitors
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Kev,
Just drop 'round sometime & give me a look at it & I'll swap them over for you & see.
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Mick,
No worries. Shawn is going to have a look at it and swap the capacitors over to see if that fixes it. The ute is officially off the road today for a month or two (rego's up and have to pay the Astra rego next week). So I'll pull the clock n
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Yep, capacitors... the clock is up and running again. Although mine only cost 45 cents. Gave my brother an extra 5 cents for labour. Thanks Andrew.
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