BradG
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Well late last night to be precise, which has rolled over to today... but here's the scope:
Our satellite receiver, no names mentioned but provided by the UK's leading provider, decided to act up. They have a habit of doing this and the routine answer is to unplug it, and plug it back in again. Well this time, while plugging it in ,a blue flash lit up the corner of the room and gave out an impressive bang,masked by my shriek of having 240Volts go through me as I was touching the device at the time.
Sounds bad enough right there doesn't it. Well, as the 240 volts shorted with the chassis, and all the HDMI socket is grounded to the chassis, it sent a massive surge to my AV Receiver frying that too in the process.
Really bad then!... well, the AV receiver also surged out from its output as a result of it, and fried my Television too for the final straw. $1,400 worth of kit fried all because of this poorly made satellite receiver. The company is sending on of their Engineers out on Sunday to look at the equipment to confirm what I've told them and il take it from there... though I can see me having to file it with a small claims court for damages.
And before anyone asks... No, we don't have insurance.
Here's some pictures I took after dismantling the unit to see what occurred
This whole area here, is where the mains power board sat. That black square is meant to insulate the bottom of it so it cannot touch the chassis. as you can see, its way too small. that piece of black material should cover that entire side.
Here is the power board. It's pretty obvious which pin was connected to the AC socket of the unit. The one which touched the case when the board flexed by me pushing in the power lead.
and lastly... this shiny spot you can see, is the arc welding mark it left from when it made contact. Looks like there will be lots of reading done in our home for the foreseeable future!
Our satellite receiver, no names mentioned but provided by the UK's leading provider, decided to act up. They have a habit of doing this and the routine answer is to unplug it, and plug it back in again. Well this time, while plugging it in ,a blue flash lit up the corner of the room and gave out an impressive bang,masked by my shriek of having 240Volts go through me as I was touching the device at the time.
Sounds bad enough right there doesn't it. Well, as the 240 volts shorted with the chassis, and all the HDMI socket is grounded to the chassis, it sent a massive surge to my AV Receiver frying that too in the process.
Really bad then!... well, the AV receiver also surged out from its output as a result of it, and fried my Television too for the final straw. $1,400 worth of kit fried all because of this poorly made satellite receiver. The company is sending on of their Engineers out on Sunday to look at the equipment to confirm what I've told them and il take it from there... though I can see me having to file it with a small claims court for damages.
And before anyone asks... No, we don't have insurance.
Here's some pictures I took after dismantling the unit to see what occurred
This whole area here, is where the mains power board sat. That black square is meant to insulate the bottom of it so it cannot touch the chassis. as you can see, its way too small. that piece of black material should cover that entire side.
Here is the power board. It's pretty obvious which pin was connected to the AC socket of the unit. The one which touched the case when the board flexed by me pushing in the power lead.
and lastly... this shiny spot you can see, is the arc welding mark it left from when it made contact. Looks like there will be lots of reading done in our home for the foreseeable future!
