Bad mains power causing TV malfunctions?
Hi,
I've been living in the same apartment for about 5 years now, and moved into it with my old Samsung plasma TV (PS51F5500).
Ever since we've moved in, we would sometimes see strange power-cycling behavior. For example:
Now we bought a new LG OLED TV (65" B4), and yesterday we suddenly noticed a similar phenomenon. The TV display froze for a few seconds, then it turned off, the LED blinked a few times and then it turned back on.
I'm now worried that there is some issue with the mains power in my apartment which is eventually going to destroy my new TV as well.
The TV is connected to an extension cord which is shared with an anker multi-port charging station (which is mostly used only at night), and that extension cord is in turn connected to a different extension socket which is shared with the robot-vacuum charger and a couple of USB ports of which only one is used for a super low-power IKEA night lamp.
I've used a device to check this socket for ground and/or reverse polarity issues and it seems that everything is working fine in this regard. In any case the new TV's mains cable does not have a ground leg.
Any kind of advice would be very welcome,
Thanks in advance!
I've been living in the same apartment for about 5 years now, and moved into it with my old Samsung plasma TV (PS51F5500).
Ever since we've moved in, we would sometimes see strange power-cycling behavior. For example:
- TV would randomly turn off then back on.
- TV would turn off and the LED light would blink for a while (over a minute sometimes) until eventually it went back to a regular off state and could be turned on
- Sometimes it would require disconnecting the mains cord from the TV, waiting several minutes, then putting it back in and turning the TV back on. This had limited success as well. Sometimes it worked, sometimes we still had to wait.
Now we bought a new LG OLED TV (65" B4), and yesterday we suddenly noticed a similar phenomenon. The TV display froze for a few seconds, then it turned off, the LED blinked a few times and then it turned back on.
I'm now worried that there is some issue with the mains power in my apartment which is eventually going to destroy my new TV as well.
The TV is connected to an extension cord which is shared with an anker multi-port charging station (which is mostly used only at night), and that extension cord is in turn connected to a different extension socket which is shared with the robot-vacuum charger and a couple of USB ports of which only one is used for a super low-power IKEA night lamp.
I've used a device to check this socket for ground and/or reverse polarity issues and it seems that everything is working fine in this regard. In any case the new TV's mains cable does not have a ground leg.
Any kind of advice would be very welcome,
Thanks in advance!
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