Why wont my tv turn on?

Question

My daughters 13 in zenith tv was working fine. It accidentally got unplugged. When I plugged it back in it wouldn't turn on. I took the back off to check the fuse. It was fine. Nothing looked burnt or melted. What could it be? I'm kinda strapped for cash right now so a new tv isn't possible.

Answer 1

The start capacitor in the power supply is dried out it will be typically 1mfd 400volt . this is a very very common fault with switched mode power supplies as used in a lot of tvs ! It always fails to start the power supply after the set has been switched off at the mains as apposed to merely using standby from the remote !