Monitor "gone funny" after power cut

[Jethro_uk]

Dell LCD monitor, now very dim and keeps on "cutting out" after a power cut.

Fucked beyond repair ? :(

It was connected to a laptop at the time which wasn't affected by the power cut.

Western power c*nts :(

[Andy Burns]

dodgy cap in PSU section?

[John Rumm]

Or dodgy backlight inverter / transformer...

[Brian Gaff]

Its not normally the cutt, its more often a power spike of somd kind that trashes something in the power supply of things. One of those took out a DVD player. the power supply, weedy little switch mode job internally juust packed up running. Brian

[87213]

Unlikely, but depending on what you are like with repair, may well be easier to replace.

Not surprising, the surge you can get with some power cuts before the system shuts it down usually does affect some stuff more than others. Laptops usually don?t see the surge get thru the charger even if the laptop is on the charger at the time.

Might we worth asking them, they worst they can do is tell you to f*ck off.

[Jethro_uk]

Thanks for the replies. Whatever happened, it's kaput ... there is a display but the backlight is very dim when you turn it on, and then it just goes out.

Reading the Dell website it seems it's not putting up the self test diagnostic box, so it's buggered.

Thank goodness for headless systems :)

On a related note, we've had some little battery PIR LED lights struck up in a few dark corners ... they were a godsend with no power. I'm going to order a shedload and put them everywhere.

[Bob Eager]

I have a strategically placed non-maintained emergency light. So placed that it illuminates the stairs, hall and landing, with some leakage into adjacent rooms.

We store a large torch in that area.

[Jethro_uk]

Many years ago, I am sure I saw in B&Q a power-cut torch. It was mounted on it's charger, and in the event the power went, lit up.

Never seen it - nor anything equivalent since.

The only snag with the small LED lights is that they rely on sticky pads to hold up to the ceiling. I ended up using a small screw ....

[Robin]

By way of variation on the theme, I have one sitting on top of a bookcase on the landing on a flex and plug so it can easily be unplugged and used to light the way to other resources.

[Max Demian]

They'll tell you to claim on your household insurance, even if it doesn't cover such an eventuality.

[John Rumm]

Yup same here... I have one on the landing at the top of the stairs, another in the hall, and a third in the cupboard adjacent to the consumer unit (running from the lighting circuit that illuminates the cupboard - so even if you just flick off the MCB for that circuit, then it lights the CU)

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Why would a power cut be any different from just switching it off?

[charles]

because sometimes a power outage is preceeded by a high voltage surge.

[TimW]

On 14/11/18 19:02, Jethro_uk wrote: [...]

We used to laught when I lived in rural devon and every day the telly weather was sponsored by Powergen who would announce

'Powergen - generating power, whatever the weather.'

When in fact every time the wind blew a bit the power was sure to go off.

TW

[Bob Eager]

Surges, I guess.

Or it could just be that it was its "time".

I had a power cut last Thursday. One of the desktops failed to power up again afterwards, and it was a failed PSU. Luckily I keep spares.

(the machine was powered down normally, since it's on a UPS. So surge not to blame in this case. It had been powered up for about 18 months)

[Johnny B Good]

FUBARed I believe is the expression you were seeking (U=up, A=all :-)

[Andy Burns]

I have them in the meter cupboard and my IT cupboard, with "wardrobe switches" that cut the power to them when the doors are opened.