OK I live in NZ and enjoy 240V AC. On Friday night a fault on the power supply to my house led to a a massive power surge and a voltage drop to 160V, as the neutral melted off the connector in the post outside and the earth wire delivered voltage in my house.
Most things that were plugged and powered on were fried - including (I think) my Sonos system)
These included 2 x Play5, 2xPlay3, ZonePlayer, Soundbar, 1xPlayOne. None of these have any lights on under the 240V AC that has now been restored and a factory reset also failed to generate any signs of life.
Three orher components a Play:One, Sub, and Move had lights and I was able to reset and rejoin to restored network. However why I tried to play music, odd things happened - tracks stopping and starting, playing without vocals???? until finally the Move and Play:One would play no more. I have yet tested the sub - because I thought it should be tested as part of a full system.
So my question is: Just how cooked are my components. Is anything recoverable? I thought it might just be the power boards that were cooked - but the behaviour of Move and One suggests most of the boards might have been fried. Fortunately, I am insured, but I need to convince assessor replace and not fix.
Grateful for any help - although I hope noone else has had this experience. Particularly sad to lose the play5s. We have been together a long time…
Many thanks
Brian
