Help!~My TV won't cut on-Moisture!

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I have a Philips 30PW9100D.
Which is a Philips brand HD-TV 30" wide.
Apparently some moisture leaked on top over 24 hours ago through the
holes on the top of the TV, which I would assume is dry by now.

What happened is (when it first had the moisture in it) I tried to cut
the TV on but instead of cutting on, it went into a wierd mode showing
no screen, then the Power light on the TV blinked and the TV went dead.
The Power On button had no effect on the TV wahtsoever.

Now it has been over 24 hours so assuming the moisture (a little bit of
water was all it was) is now dry, I unplugged the TV for several
minutes, turned the Power Button On. The TV tried to cut on making a
funny light sounding noise then the Power goes completely dead until
you Unplug then Replug the TV back On.

Besides taking the big heavy TV to a repair center (which since bought
at Wal-Mart, will be hard to find, but still possible), does anyone
have any advice on how to get the Power on this TV working again?

Is the Power on this TV just locked from cutting On or is it doing this
because it still detects moisture inside----or is it just plain
completely ruined?

Anyone who can shed some light on the situation, please do.

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On 21 Sep 2005 23:38:17 -0700, "RTJ" <rt_joby@yahoo.com> wrote:

>I have a Philips 30PW9100D.
>Which is a Philips brand HD-TV 30" wide.
>Apparently some moisture leaked on top over 24 hours ago through the
>holes on the top of the TV, which I would assume is dry by now.
>
>What happened is (when it first had the moisture in it) I tried to cut
>the TV on but instead of cutting on, it went into a wierd mode showing
>no screen, then the Power light on the TV blinked and the TV went dead.
> The Power On button had no effect on the TV wahtsoever.
>
>Now it has been over 24 hours so assuming the moisture (a little bit of
>water was all it was) is now dry, I unplugged the TV for several
>minutes, turned the Power Button On. The TV tried to cut on making a
>funny light sounding noise then the Power goes completely dead until
>you Unplug then Replug the TV back On.
>
>Besides taking the big heavy TV to a repair center (which since bought
>at Wal-Mart, will be hard to find, but still possible), does anyone
>have any advice on how to get the Power on this TV working again?
>
>Is the Power on this TV just locked from cutting On or is it doing this
>because it still detects moisture inside----or is it just plain
>completely ruined?
>
>Anyone who can shed some light on the situation, please do.


Depends on where the moisture went to inside. Modern TVs are never
really powered off. They always have power running through them for a
variety of reasons. One of being the remote control circuitry (So
your remote can turn on the TV). What may have happened is that the
moisture got to part of the power supply and shorted it out.

A bit of hindsight for you. When ever you have moisture getting into
any electronic device, remove the source of power immediately. Pull
the plug from the wall off turn off the breaker. Pull the batteries
out, what eve,r just stop power from going in tho the device.

Fred

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On 21 Sep 2005 23:38:17 -0700, "RTJ" <rt_joby@yahoo.com> wrote:


>Is the Power on this TV just locked from cutting On or is it doing this
>because it still detects moisture inside----or is it just plain
>completely ruined?
>
>Anyone who can shed some light on the situation, please do.


The TV does not have a moisture detector to protect it from water
damage. the manufacturer assumes that you aren't going to spill
liquid in to the unit. It also does not have a steam roller detector
as they also assume that you aren't going to run over it with a steam
roller.

When you get water on a circuit board two bad things happen. First
the water shorts out all the circuitry it touches since water conducts
electricity. Sometimes this does not permanent harm the electronics
and other times components are burnt out.. just depends on what the
water lands on. After the water dries anything that was in the water
(minerals) is left on the circuit board and can still cause it to be
shorted and non functional.

In this case I would probably tilt the TV to the front or side and
place a fan blowing in the vents and leave it for 24 hours then try
again. You might get lucky!

Steve B.