Fridge turning TV off

crystal ball · 21 May 2018

Had a call from a mate, his fridge turns his TV off every time it starts and stops, sounds like some sort of RF interference to me, looking online some folk recommend ferrite rings around the flexes to both appliances, but if it is airborne interference will this work?

bernardgreen · 21 May 2018

crystal ball said:
his fridge turns his TV off every time it starts and stops,

Does it go fully into OFF. into standby or loses picture ?.

Almost certainly not the case but some ancient TV remotes used ultra-sonic sound to send commands to the TV

crystal ball · 21 May 2018

Into standby by the sound of it

bernardgreen · 21 May 2018

If it is going into standby then most likely is a transient voltage spike on the mains as the fridge motor starts and stops.

Are they plugged into the same ring final ciruit. ?

crystal ball · 21 May 2018

The fridge is on the cooker circuit, TV on ring

crystal ball · 21 May 2018

As a slight aside, back in the olden days my mum used to empty fruit machines (legally as a job) and part of her kit was a manually operated change counter, like a centrifuge with a mechanical counter, one of the pubs she visited had a new remote controlled TV and when she cranked up the counter it used to change channels randomly

winston1 · 21 May 2018

Faulty suppressor on the fridge. Could be causing interference to neighbours TV as well so it needs to be attended to.

bar72 · 26 Jul 2018

+1 winston1. You could also try a surge protector on the TV socket for a temporary fix but I'd be getting the fridge fixed, especially after that tower block fire..

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