Re: Effect of high household voltage on TV?

manzanar_at_sbcglobal.net
Date: 06/14/04 

Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 23:48:09 GMT

I'm no electronics whiz, but when this happened to mine during a lightening
storm it blew a small capacitor/resistor in the back of the TV which was
acting like a fuse. Cost $15.00 to have repaired.

"Jonathan Grobe" <grobe@netins.net> wrote in message
news:slrnccn8t7.81b.grobe@worf.netins.net...
> I have a 32" Toshiba TV. Today I had problems with my
> household electrical current; apparently a bad neutral
> connection resulting in probably 160 volts or so in one wire
> and 60 volts or so in the other. The TV appears now appears
> totally dead (except for a small light next to the power
> switch (apparently indicating power is on). Assuming these
> voltage variations caused the TV's problems (it was working
> fine before). what are the possibilities of what it likely
> damaged--and a rough idea of repair costs? (I am wondering if
> I should take it to a repair shop or just get a new one--model
> is CE32H15, 5 years old or so}
>
> Thank you.
>
>
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