anyone good at fixing things out there?

[tassie42]

last night we lost power for a couple minutes and when the power returned I went to play a movie for dd and the vcr wouldnt turn on at all (I know we are still in the stone age we don't have tivo, we do have a dvd player but most of our movies are from my older kids on vhs)

anyway we thought it had blown a fuse so dh went to the store and each time he put in a new fuse it would blow. does anyone know what could be wrong? I don't really don't want to replace it if I don't have to. Thanks in advance for any help

 

[EsmeraldaX]

Try unplugging it , then plugging it back in.

I don't know why, but this sometimes works.

 

[orvilleair]

Maybe the brief power outage you had fryed the VCR. Somtimes power surges will come into your house and damage the electronics. If your husband replaced the fuses then I don't know what else he can do. On my VCR, I have to open up the case. Maybe the outlet is bad and you could try to plug the thing into a different outlet. I haven't had good luck with VCRs.