Tom Wells said:
Maybe 15 years ago the next door neighbor had some electrical work done....Someone lifted a neutral and a TV that was plugged in, but turned off, got 230 volts applied, and MW was filled with trash.
After a week or two, having directional'ed their TV from my house......I handed them a portable radio at their front door and explained the problem...they verified the tv was the culprit, and admitted what had happened...there was a bad "tearing"
pronounced as in "tearing a piece of paper" running through the screen after the mishap.
They gave me the tv to fix.....the part that is "always on", waiting for the remote signal, had a couple of electrolytic caps
blown apart. I found equivalents in the junk box and fixed their TV for free, and everyone was happy.
The "tearing" of the displayed screen was fixed as well.
They were renters, and are long gone. but this is the BEST way to corect issues as GRC suggests.
There will always be people who aren't helpful and who will tell you to get lost, but there is no harm in a civil solution,
if you can figure one out.
Tom, your willingness to provide a fix is commendable and for that you get well deserved kudos. But is it always the BEST solution? Maybe, maybe not. Suppose the outcome was different. A few weeks after you make the fix, the TV set melts down and this time is unrepairable. Maybe some damage occurrs to the building. Who was the last person to work on the set? The renter wants you to replace the set, and the landlord wants the damage repaired. Tom, hope you have a liability policy.
You didn't say who did the electrical wiring repair. If it was you, I hope you insisted on an electrical inspection done by the local codes office. Just being cautious, remember we live in the "age of liability"
