Fancy Fixing

Over the past week or so, we have noticed a slight problem with our TV. When we tried to turn it on, the little blue light (showing that it was about to come on) would light up, but nothing would happen. Craig figured out that we simply needed to unplug it, then plug it back in and turn it back on. Well, after a few days, even that stopped working every time. We've had this television for less than three years and we don't have the money to go replace it, so, Craig started searching online to find out if anything had been posted about the problem.

Well, he found something. Apparently many people had run into the same problem with this same brand of TV. Unfortunately, all he was finding read that the company knew there was a problem, but they weren't doing anything about it. Not too promising. Then Craig found the best link. Someone had figured out how to fix the problem and had posted what he had done, step-by-step complete with pictures. So, being the wonderful handyman that he is, Craig decided to try and fix our TV.

He pulled it down and took the back off. He headed to Radio Shack to find the necessary replacement capacitors. He returned empty handed stating that they didn't have the exact matching one. After a phone call to a repairman associated with the TV brand, he found out that it would be fine to replace the broken part with the part found at Radio Shack. Excitedly, he headed back out and began working as soon as he got back home.

A little soldering, a little screwdriving, a very little bit of time (around 15 minutes) and an even less bit of money ($3.41) and we have a fixed TV.

We are so blessed to Craig who is so skilled!!!