Originally Posted by phillykp

I am an engineer, but not an electrical one, so I did the next best thing first time this happened to me...I brought it the attention of the FA ...who promptly went to the front galley (it was mad dog, if I remember right) and flipped whatever power switch it was that turns these on. She acknowledged forgetting to do so earlier...

The point is that there is a master switch that the FA's can somehow control.