fried monitors

WOW
 May have disturb something with movement that was still in one place.

As far as repairable yes they are. The Question is how much where they ? What size are they? At the price of good color montiors it is sometimes cheaper to replace them.

What ever you do do not attempt to open it up and try to repair it. They hold power for hours, days and sometimes longer. Touch the wrong area and you could be DEAD

Sounds very strange...When you say moved do you mean to a
different power outlet?  The new outlet is not 220 volts by any chance?

Do you have a UPS connected to the line?  This happens with overvoltage, and an UPS will prevent this in the future.

Frog,
Have had something simlar.  Have the outlet checked for power surges.  Something maybe forcing the power through at more that can be handled by the equipment.

Glenn

It might also be a wiring problem. If you have an electrician buddy you might want to give him a call - I have seen that sort of thing when the main panel has a bad neutral to ground bond. Could also be a bad connection at the receptacle.

Rick

I bought a new acer79g a while back and right now I'm using the fourth replacement. One of them had a focus problem and two of them smoked. This one has been fine for over a year now. It had a good rating when I bought it, must of been bad luck. I checked for problems with my electric service at the time and found nothing. Not to say you don't have a problem.

Oh, I guess you're a Brit with a handle like that, make that, a quid,  thruppence, 30 quid and 50 quid.