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Temporarily putting aside for a moment that I disagree with that statement (I don't think the dimmer fix is as easy as you're saying), keep in mind that Dan here only just now did his FIRST soldering job on his TV set.

I agree that Dan shouldn't attempt it but I don't think that the dimmer fix is that complicated. Tin your soldering iron. Put a small amount of solder on each leg of the chip. Put the cap up against the chip. Quickly touch against one side. Repeat for the other side. That is pretty much it. As I said, it assumes that you're competent (or reasonable) with soldering. What you think is competent/reasonable and what I think it is appears to differ vastly.

That said, if you even need to ponder it then don't try.

Oh. One final thing. Don't even think about using one of those Coldheat gadgets on this.