Firstly a big thanks to Nino for getting me a filter cap in a hurry to help solve this problem. But when looking at my pcb I noticed that I'd already replaced the bridge rectifier and cap a few years ago. Can these things fail that quickly? Is there a way of testing a filter capacitor outside a circuit? I tested my br. Reason for the questions is that I'm guessing both these components have not failed but the connectivity was the issue. My original work was done when a complete novice at soldering/desoldering and saw these big blobs of solder everywhere. I did run the extra trace wires in the original work but I'm really thinking the component side soldering may have lifted from the top traces. Idiot me didn't test for continuity and replaced the components taking a lot more care. My first repair did last up to now, but do others agree my theory could be feasible or did the mentioned components die. The br tested good with a multimeter on diode mode.