Sandwich one of those silly cheapo USB mug warmers into the case. Plug it in briefly for a little warmth just to get it going. Like a choke on an old-fashioned car!
Not to be a worry wart, but a long time ago we got a batch of monitors with a defective board. A capacitor overheated, melted some sort of glue on an adjacent component, which in turn dripped on a power supply component, shorted out and started a fire.
A couple of days later, it happened again… and we ended up getting all hands on deck to find those monitors.
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Sandwich one of those silly cheapo USB mug warmers into the case. Plug it in briefly for a little warmth just to get it going. Like a choke on an old-fashioned car!
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Not to be a worry wart, but a long time ago we got a batch of monitors with a defective board. A capacitor overheated, melted some sort of glue on an adjacent component, which in turn dripped on a power supply component, shorted out and started a fire.
A couple of days later, it happened again… and we ended up getting all hands on deck to find those monitors.
That would probably be electrolyte leaking. There are several reports/stories about bad quality capacitors unintentionally used in production.
Certainly satisfies the quirkiness factor :) Extra points if you can squeeze in linear actuator for an actual choke switch.
Also good to think of alternative fixes like this when it's difficult to source replacement components.