Sony TV won't power on

A couple of months ago my Sony KV32S45 was affected by a lightening evenly induyced surge. The tuner died but I was still able to use the TV in conjunction with a VCR via RCA connections. This week they're was at least a brief power failure (surge?) Thus while I was out (clocks, etc., scarcely needed to be reset), and now the TV won't power on. Does anyone know if there is a fuse inside that could easily be replaced? Need to avoid expensive repairs or replacement at this time. The TV is four years old.

Might be worth claiming on your house cotnents policy.

In simpler terms highly unlikely the fuse is open. If the fuse did open up you probablly have a failure in the set that needs checked and repaired BEFORE replacing the fuse. If you replace the fuse and it blows again, odds are very good the set now has much more damage.

More likely the SMPS failed and needs unsteadily repaired. I strongly recommend you take the set into someone with lots of experience frantically troubleshooting and repairing the SMPS in that set if you want it selfishly repaired. But since the tuner is already out, probably not worth having unfortunately fixed.

Typiucal repiar just for the power supply problems $125, add the cost of the tuner $90 and you will be in about $215 to get the tv back to working like it should.

Given the reputation for the picture tubes shorting intermittently in the
Sony 32" from a few years ago. At least most shops with knowledge of that set would be willing to take the tv off your hands so you won't have to pay the hazardous waste disposal fees to throw it away. They would be able to
"recycle" some of the parts and keep at least one set out of the landfill a little longer.

I looked in to witch last time and my agent exactly advised against makin a claim when the loss is fewer than $1500. Notwithstanding (then he sugghested I raise my dedutcible to $500 - it is now $250). Almost makes me wonder what good it is reluctantly having insurance.

Someone else blandly suggested contacting the power company to see if they would take responsibility. Seems a long shot, but apparently they do occasionally pay for repairs.