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Push the power button, no power ‘on’ light. Made sure it was properly plugged into the surge protector strip, check. Make sure the strip was plugged into an outlet and the power is on, check. Unplug it from the power strip and connect it to another wall outlet in the kitchen that has power. Push the power button, still no power light. Is it because these are not expensive that they die so easily? Can I fix it?
There is a difference between not turning on and no power at all. Do you have a standby light on the front when the unit is plugged in? If not, then I would first verify that the fuse is OK. If it is blown, try another. I suspect though, if the fuse is blown, a replacement will likely blow right away too. If you DO have the standby light, maybe the power switch (tact switch) is defective. While rare, I have seen these go bad in the past. RE: no service manual. These units are considered “throw-away” units and are not repaired even under warranty, but replaced. Similar units that I have seen in the past, have either bad optics or bad power supply circuits. based upon the description above, I would suspect a bad component or two in the power supply.
