jymbee
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One of those instantaneous lightning/thunder events where we heard both at the same time. Very loud and very close obviously. Did some quick checking to see if there was any noticeable damage around and noticed that the television went out. Would not come back on. TiVO DVR in the same compartment and no lights on that either. Unplugged everything, checked all the breakers & usual stuff and tried connecting to an outlet where I knew there was power. Nada.
Looking more closely at the TiVO there was an obvious "burn" mark next to the Ethernet connection. We have an underground cable from the "main" road about 1,000 feet down to the house. My theory is that somewhere between the road and house, the cable got hit and the surge passed through to the television.
Question is what are the chances that the TV could be repaired. It's a few years old, Samsung "Smart" 55" set. Don't know if there's any kind of fuse in this thing or... ? Don't want to haul it off to the recycle center until I'm convinced it's not fixable.
Looking more closely at the TiVO there was an obvious "burn" mark next to the Ethernet connection. We have an underground cable from the "main" road about 1,000 feet down to the house. My theory is that somewhere between the road and house, the cable got hit and the surge passed through to the television.
Question is what are the chances that the TV could be repaired. It's a few years old, Samsung "Smart" 55" set. Don't know if there's any kind of fuse in this thing or... ? Don't want to haul it off to the recycle center until I'm convinced it's not fixable.