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blowing fuse
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about 6 months ago I bought a brand new Phillips 42inch widescreen TV, since then the fuse has blown 4 times in TV plug. I know its not the wiring in house because house has been rewired, and the plug is plugged into single socket, socket not overloaded. I called into shop I got TV from and asked them has anybody else reported this problem with this TV make before, they said no. Any ideas people.?? Thanks
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Sounds to me as if you have a short in the TV plug. I assume you have tried inserting other devices into that wall socket to eliminate that section. Also to have tried inserting your TV into another wall plug in the house. If so and your TV plug is correctly wired may point to the electrics in the TV. As it will still be under guarantee take it back to the salesroom and dump it on their counter.
Peanut may be right in that the inrush current is causing the fuse to blow.
42 inch LCD TVs are rated at around 200 � 300 Watts and therefore should be drawing around 1Amp. A 5Amp fuse can pass over 7Amps for short periods without blowing � which would lead me to believe that you have an intermittent fault within the TV.
The TV will have internal fusing, to protect it from a large fault current, however this fusing is often after the mains filtering within the TV. It is possible that there is a fault within the filter components (or somewhere else, before the internal fuse).
Unfortunately if this is the case � I do not know of an easy way to prove it.
You could try fitting a 10Amp fuse, if this blows I would definitely have the TV checked out.
I might even consider unplugging the TV at night.
42 inch LCD TVs are rated at around 200 � 300 Watts and therefore should be drawing around 1Amp. A 5Amp fuse can pass over 7Amps for short periods without blowing � which would lead me to believe that you have an intermittent fault within the TV.
The TV will have internal fusing, to protect it from a large fault current, however this fusing is often after the mains filtering within the TV. It is possible that there is a fault within the filter components (or somewhere else, before the internal fuse).
Unfortunately if this is the case � I do not know of an easy way to prove it.
You could try fitting a 10Amp fuse, if this blows I would definitely have the TV checked out.
I might even consider unplugging the TV at night.
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