TV won't power on
Any ideas?
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Hello. My Roku works everywhere in my house except the one on my son’s tv in his bedroom. Thing is, we had a storm the other night, so the power went out for only a few minutes. Then when power came back on, all the other tv’s were working except my son’s ever since. I mean, this is recent. What’s the problem? How come my son’s isn’t working right now?
jbask53 A power surge from power coming back on or even flickering can fry electronics, especially if no surge protection is on the device, meaning a good quality surge protector or a whole house surge to help prevent those things. Even with a quality surge protector there is no guarantee that it will prevent a surge from damaging electronics. I have had something similar happen in the past with some of my electronics and I have a whole house surge and surge protectors on specific things to help prevent it.
A couple years ago, I added outlets with brownout protection that when a power outage happens, it keeps the power off for an additional 4 minutes or so to prevent the surge from happening when power comes back, so I suggest checking into those as well as surge protectors if you don't have them.
You could try plugging the TV in another outlet or try a different power cord. Hopefully that helps, but it unfortunately could be a surge did some damage.
