I think there was a power surge and i smelled electric burn and now tv wont turn on is it toast or can it be fixed?

if a power surge shut down the unit than a circuit, capacitor or fuse is blown and or burnt and you wont smell that most of the time and since it does have power fuse wasnt blown so a circuit -diode-capacitor is fried somewhere problem is common for an electricial damaged tv but to diagnose an electronic tech would need to tear it apart

See if everything works. Stereos & TV's are usually the first to go. Items with digital devices go next analogs after that & grounded devices last. A whole house surge suppressor costs about 50 bucks and is just a few wires to connect & at the very least wall adapter surge suppressors should be connected to everything.

You problems sound like a power supply capacitor has blown.
Look for bulging tops on the capacitors similar to the photo.

Having similar problem and it sounds like an obvious short circuit if you heard it and can smell it, and it probably took out power supply fuse, so the first thing to do is pull off back of TV and look for obvious toasted components by eye or smell. Capacitors sometimes will pop when they go, and you can see the tops will be bulging out, or black marks, so look and smell all large capacitors first on power supply main board, then check to see if fuse blew. Sometimes the obvious is easy to fix.

Good luck,

the tv was on a surge protector line, what i notice that i had it plug in a cheap surge protector when i pull from wall i notice the adapter were burn and the cheap surge was burn at that time when i go to cut tv on i could hear a surge like sound. i tried to put it in another plug it wont come on, i open back of tv looking for fuse i could not find it or reset button can solve this problem i hit input button on side it still wont come on. i do not think there is any problem with picture it has something to do with power.

Can you describe where the odor is coming from. Is it coming out from the side panels on the tv set itself, or perhaps the plug, on end of the main power wire. Check around the electrical outlet. Make sure nothing else is plugged into the same outlet. It sounds as if some of the electrical components on the circuit board are burnt or burning out. Tv may have experienced a power surge, etc. Check also if the power plug is heating up. Be careful and smell around top side vents on tv. Be sure and unplug the set before leaving it unattended if you cannot locate the source of the "burning wire smell."

The power unit needs to be checked and/or changed. Please refer to a professional service center because you could die trying this yourself (the risk of electrical shock is very big).

hi,
may be ur tvs lamp side have some problem. may be the lamp over heated and burned. just open its lamp cover ann check it.
also check its power supply input point(near fuse) there is an MOV (used for voltage surge protection) is burned or not. if there is any voltage surge it will get shorted and the fuse will blow off, protect the power supply for any further damage. check the fuse also. if found open then check the MOV. insert fuse only after replacing the MOV.
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That is probably the power section about to fail. The burning smell is going to be from overheating components. You will have to take it into either an akai repair depot or a local tv repair and have it looked at. Get an estimate first. The repair cost on this could be cheap if itis obvious and the repair gys are on the ball or it can be pricey if they just replace major parts (typical). Also have a good idea of what replacement cost is so you know if it is worth fixing.

If you had a burning smell, well the board is toast. These sets are made to replace the entire board at one time. Before installing the replacement module, the picture tube should be checked. A defective picture tube ( such as a G1 short) may cause a failure in the power supply section.