i have/had a 65" Samsung 3D TV. Cost me about $1800 6 months ago. We had a massive lightning storm here in Perth a few weeks ago, and the TV was one of the appliances that paid the price. Insurance have me a new TV (upgraded model to UHD - cool!)
Is it worth anything? Is it cost effective to get it repaired, if it can be repaired? I know nothing about what the lightning actually does, fried circuit board??
Thats like asking how long is a piece of string. If it is under warranty Id take it back and act dumb and try your luck. Could be as simple as a capacitor or power unit or as massive as the internal computer. If you have experience, I'd take it apart and look for a black smouldered part and see where on the main board it is, if you took just the main board into a repairer they could tell you a quote for no cost as opposed to them pulling it part.
They will probably refer it to a repair agent to look at. They may repair it under warranty. Worth a try.
If it is under warranty Id take it back and act dumb and try your luck.
Seems to me that would be verging on fraud given that the insurance company has paid out on it.
Yes - not going there. The insurance company didnt ask for the screen back, so I was wondering what I can do with it.
You can pull it apart and look for bad caps, but i'd say its almost certainly destroyed beyond repair.
The problem is lightening is high voltage and will just arc whever it wants.
Yeah further to this, if you did fix it, you would want to burn it in for a significant amount of time before you put it in your home, could be a potential ticking timebomb.
If you have home insurance you are more than likely covered for fusion. Check you policy and get it repaired or replaced under insurance.
I'm a bit confused… So insurance paid out and you are asking if the old one can be repaired or sold as parts?
Yes, insurance paid me out and now I have thus hulking big screen to dispose of. The insurance company didn't ask for it back, so I figure I can do what I want with it.
See if you can get it repaired and then you could probably chuck it on eBay for a few hundred $$.
No harm in taking it somewhere for a quote to be fixed…
Some TV's have internal fuses that can also be replaced. If your insurance won't cough up you might as well open it and see if you can find where the issue it. Start with the power supply or near the point at which the AC adapter plugs in and work out from there. As said before capacitors will blow out. Sometimes you can see them buldging or even blown out and sometimes not. It all depends on how good you are at electronics fault finding. These days finding someone who will take a look at it for under $100 is rare. Gotta thank the throw-away society for that. Good luck.
oh and leave the screen unplugged for at least 24 hours to allow for capacitors to discharge
The most common tv component to suffer from an electrical storm is the TV's tuner.
Have you tried playing a dvd through it? If it plays ok then the fta tuner is dead and can be reasonably easy and cheap to replace. Getting the right one is the trick.
When there is lightning around disconnect your tv from the external antenna.
There are a number or surgeguards around that protect the Antenna Input. I know because I had a hit, and the Fortron unit protected it.Some surgeguards are better than others.
Wait for the same model to turn up on eBay with a cracked screen and a switch panels.
Almost certainly no.
Best case is the power supply was killed, but there is a good chance it also fried the rest of the electronics.
Unfortunately, you can't easily tell.
You might try a TV repair guy, they could fix the power supply, and probably tell if other components are dead, but if any of the integrated circuits are damaged it is not worth repairing.
I suppose it wouldn't hurt to give one a call and see if they think it is worth taking a look.