blowing fuse

[stevecardiff]

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

[kwicky]

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.

[Hymie]

What is the rating of the plug fuse which is blowing?

Is it a CRT TV or LCD/Plasma?

Some CRT TVs have a high inrush current on switch on, which may be causing the fuse to blow over time.

Even so, no device should cause a 13A plug fuse to blow.

[stevecardiff]

Ok, the TV is LCD, the fuse in plug when we got TV is 5amp, the fuse never blows when we watching TV we only know fuse has blown when we switch TV on next morning, I think thats strange too. Thanks for replies.

[peanut]

What if you were to turn the tv off and then after a few seconds, turn it on again. Will it blow the fuse? It may be possible that 5 amps is not enough for the tv to warm up after a cold start.

[kwicky]

To ensure the TV is not damaged you should buy an electrical extension to handle surges. These should also be used for computers.

[Hymie]

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.

[stevecardiff]

the TV is turned off at night but not unplugged, what I,ll try now is upping the fuse to 10amp and if it still blows when switching TV on in morning will take this up with TV maker.
Thanks for all your suggestions.

[kwicky]

Use some sense man! If the TV manufacurers put a 5 amp fuse in the plug its for a reason. You will invalidate the guarantee by putting in a higher rated fuse.

[Disco Fever]

Beings the TV is still under guarantee I would contact the place where you bought it, if you install a fuse bigger than you are supposed to and the TV blows up the guarantee might become null and void due to consumer negligence....

[Thunderchild]

take it back a 5 amp fuse for a 1 amp load is bags full plenty a 3 amp fuse should do it the tv is faulty get it sorted before it comes from your pocket, you may want to test it on a watt meter it should not even use what it says it does on the back