damaged phone due to storm

[Liz]

We had a doozy of a storm here last night - had turned off PC and telly, and curled up on the couch with fingers in my ears, singing lalalalaa. It was right overhead, well, felt like it, very scary. :help:
Anyway, lost some power in the house, so ventured outside when storm had moved on, and after turning some switches on and off, I got full power back.
Alas, my NEW cordless phone phone wont work, power wont get to it, despite trying a couple of power points.
Is there any way for a quick repair, as dont wont to hurl it at the wall yet. :sadeyes:

[renormalised]

It went right around us here, in town. Only caught the tail end of it :)

Still, not worth trifling with!!!!.

If the base has burnt out, not much you can do except buy a new one.

[Liz]

Yes, reckon will have to hurl it, but no burn marks, and didnt hear any noise come through it .... like a power surge boom??
Its a bugger as only had it about 2 weeks. :sadeyes:

[renormalised]

Need a surge protector on your mains :)

[Jules76]

Not all surges will cause burn marks or any visable damage. A small surge can do enough damage to chips/circuitry to either leave it still working (but doing odd things and fail later on) or in your case, enough damage to stop it working completely.

I saw this countless many times while working as a Computer Tech up in Darwin, which is one of the most lightning prone places in Australia.

It doesn't take a "hollywood electrical surge" to kill electronics. :lol:

[astroron]

Sorry to hear that Liz, but it looks like a new Phone for you :sadeyes:
It happened to me a few years ago, it is cheaper to buy another one than get them fixed
The Telstra phones don't have as much electronics in them so don't have much of a problem:shrug:
Cheers

[Jen]

:lol: Sorry Liz but i cant get the image out of my head picturing you curled up on the couch with ears covered going lalalalalala....... :rofl:

[Liz]

Hey jen ... It actually does wonders in blocking out a lot of the thunder!! One huge flash of lightning was IMMEDIATELY followed a huge crackle then BOOM, very close. :help:

OK, looks like I have to ditch my brand new Uniden cordless phone with answering machine - I hadnt even set it up properly, Oh well could have been worse, and been the telly or laptop. :sadeyes:

Thanks all. :)

[jjjnettie]

OH, we are so much alike Liz. I don't "do" storms either.
Good luck with the phone.

[Rick Petrie]

Hi Liz
Do you have house insurance? You might be able to claim for it.
Cheers Rick

[mswhin63]

Hi Liz, surge may have occurred via the telephone line. Most phones are not repairable.