Lightning strike My sister gave me a Pansonic CT36HL43G 36" TV,it was repaired at Sears after a lightning strike and worked fine untill a narrow white line appeard in the middle of the screen and it finally went black after a few days of use.Can anyone guess if this unit is worth fixing,it cost $1700.00 in june of 2004.Thanks very much.Gene

the fact that unit is nor working after a lightning strike means that all that you have done is to no avail and it will co9st more to continue with repairs than to replace the unit
use a quality power surge protector next time

A lightning strike will damage a lot of components - the ICs for the remote reception in the set are probably fried

It is likely the ac fuse which the power cord goes directly to got hit.

back would have to be removed and fuse checked.

No reset for that processsor.. ALL Surge protectors are not guaranted for lightning strikes. Does she know if lightning hit the line that services her home?

you more than likely have a F.E.T.(Field Effect Transistor) front end tuner,very susceptable to lightning or static charge damage, chech your home owners insurance, you might be able to repair or replace the tuner but it wont be cheap

Check if all the PCB board intack.Might worth repairing.

Yep - I'd say it took out the tuner at least. time for a repair center or the round file...

Unless you are skilled at trouble shooting power supplies , you will be better off getting a skilled repair center to repair yourset. If its repairable I have seen surges from lightning strikes make the set no longer cost effective to repair.

your tv may have ben magnetized by the lightning strike.
tv's have an automatic degaussing circuit that demagnetizes
the pix tube when the set is turned on. this degaussing circuit
may not be working or magnetism may have been too strong for
the internal degaussing to correct.
contact local tv repair shop in your area see if they can manually
degauss your set , it should be a min. service charge around $25.
roland

Lightning hits do some nasty damage to electronics.
Alot of times that type of repair is part of an insurance claim. The insurance company requires estimates and will repair them up to the cost of replacement.

If you arent dealing with an insurance claim on this I'd still recommend a professional estimate.
Lightning damage sometimes is confined to the power supply and once repaired could be fine bit in my experience most items that take a nasty hit are a write off.

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