Samsung combi oven has died, any fixes?

[Morrisman]

There is a melt mark on the flex, but it doesn't go through to metal.

Irrelevant, regarding my post. Flex conductors can easily break. There was no mention of the plug being of a moulded-on variety. The cable clamps, in the plug, are often a weak area. I always check the socket, then the fuse, then the power to the machine - all before investigating internal fuses, door switches (unlikely in this case) and any other easy options. No power at all at the machine likely means the supply has failed.

I've only ever had one flex fail internally/invisibly, on an angle grinder that had dozens of hours of use on it.
This combi has a moulded on plug, but seeing as I have a ten days until the repair guys comes out I may as well eliminate any possible simple issues, by pulling the back off and checking a few things.

 

[Alan Reynolds]

Is there a fuse inside newish tv`s? Got one that stopped working after the power cuts from the storms, wondered if it got spiked when the power was put back on.

Bob

There usually is a fuse. Probably a small 20mm glass one. Did it sit in standby most of the time? The switched mode power supply may not have liked being turned off completely. They sit in standby, just ticking over and will start up ok but if the capacitors have started to fail, it won’t restart from a full shutdown.

 

[ajlelectronics]

will start up ok but if the capacitors have started to fail, it won’t restart from a full shutdown.

Then respond by taking out the choppers, sometimes loudly!

 

[Morrisman]

Today at 1:06 PM
So, today I pulled the casing off and checked that 15amp fuse, and that was good. Then I stuck me meter on the input wires, 237 volts there, so the flex is okay.

To measure voltage I had to pull that white power plug off, very easily, then when pushed it back on, with the power still on, the machine fired up as normal. So I wiggled it a bit and it could be hear making little cracking noises. One of the spade connectors within was out of place, so wasn't going on properly. A little tweaking with a screwdriver and it appears to be good, for now.

I'll give it a few hours of hot use before phoning the repair company and telling them.

Whereby they'll probably cancel the remaining warranty because I opened it up....

 

[Morrisman]

I think it has been sorted - there id a post re this on another thread. No power to the power supply by the looks of it

Yes, I somehow messed up answering my own thread.