I'd get an Electrical Contractor to write a report
Claim on Insurance
Keep Historical Weather Observations and have the Lightning Tracker App, you can record the strikes near your house
Had a thunderstorm yesterday add had a lightning strike very close to the house mabe even striking some part of it resulting in damage to 3 tvs a HDMI splitter and perhaps more ( checking everything today)
6 month old 75" Samsung was one casualty, contacted Samsung and they are sending someone to look at it.
Have 2 Kogan tvs out of warranty that wont turn on, both have a red standby light but wont turn on, hit the switch but the light just stays red and nothing happens
If I pull the back off is there something to look for/test etc ??
thanks Thomo
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I'd get an Electrical Contractor to write a report
Claim on Insurance
Keep Historical Weather Observations and have the Lightning Tracker App, you can record the strikes near your house
Last edited by ol' boy; 19-02-20 at 08:43 AM.
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RedXT (19-02-20)
Kogan have a power-cycle routine they say is worth doing --
1. Unplug it from the main power socket and leave it for 10-15 minutes.
2. Press and hold the power button for 5 seconds.
3. Connect it back to the power and turn it on.
This will complete the power cycle process
Probably not that simple, but seeing as you have red standby light it'd be the first thing to try.
Have started claim and tried wotnots power cycle still nothing.
All TVs connected to the HDMI Splitter were affected checked the other TV this morning and it works except for HDMI 1 and 2 Input, Also found HDMI output from CCTV Security box is gone as well.
Thanks
Bugger, the ergs must've hit the HDMI connected board in the teevees and fried something there ~ insurance is going to be your best bet
hinekadon (19-02-20)
Some good news Samsung TV has been fixed under warranty.I rang Samsung Wedensday, Premium repair services ( ) contacted me late that night, arrived yesterday and all done.
Got to love that. The bloke from Premium was great and I would use them again for products in or out of warranty.
They just replaced the mainboard
ol' boy (22-02-20)
That's pretty much standard fix these days ; identify faulty board, replace. Sound practice in cases of lightning strike.
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