Yesterday my community had a five hour power failure which included a power surge strong enough to blow the electric meters off several houses and cause a few small fires.
My losses included failure of two identical two year-old Toshiba 32" HDTVs, model 32C100U2 (and a ceiling fan). Neither TV would start via the remote or the power button.
Surprisingly, this TV does not have a consumer-replaceable fuse so I opened-up the back of each and easily determined the fuse had blown in each. Unfortunately, replacing the fuses resulted in another pair of blown fuses. On one TV, I pulled the cables leading to the other boards and tried another fuse -- which immediately fried.
This leads me to believe the power supply board (PK101V1550I) is damaged. There are no obvious blown components on either board. The caps look intact.
I'm seeking second opinions on if replacing the boards is in order before I buy them. Lots of places have the out-of-stock but I found several on eBay for about $50 each.
Thanks....
My losses included failure of two identical two year-old Toshiba 32" HDTVs, model 32C100U2 (and a ceiling fan). Neither TV would start via the remote or the power button.
Surprisingly, this TV does not have a consumer-replaceable fuse so I opened-up the back of each and easily determined the fuse had blown in each. Unfortunately, replacing the fuses resulted in another pair of blown fuses. On one TV, I pulled the cables leading to the other boards and tried another fuse -- which immediately fried.
This leads me to believe the power supply board (PK101V1550I) is damaged. There are no obvious blown components on either board. The caps look intact.
I'm seeking second opinions on if replacing the boards is in order before I buy them. Lots of places have the out-of-stock but I found several on eBay for about $50 each.
Thanks....