The Tv, and receiver are dimming down
2007-01-26 02:52:47 · 9 answers · asked by Victor T 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
You need an electrician and a good one. When that happened at a house I own it turned out that in the electric meter box there were aluminum and copper parts put together and not treated first and that caused corrosion and the bad connection. It took days for them to figure it out but only a few minutes to actually fix.
2007-01-26 03:02:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your lights are dim and other electrical items are running slow the main electrical line could be loose and you are getting a poor connection. I hope that the wires in your home are not the old aluminum type. Those wires have been known to do the same thing and overheat to cause house fires. Have you had any high winds in your area lately? Check for fallen tree limbs or branches that may be resting on the wires coming into your home
2007-01-26 03:04:47 · answer #2 · answered by Yafooey! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would strongly recommend a visit from a good electrician. Many things could be wrong here and none of them good. In one of our houses, we had a similar problem. Lights were dim, but then suddenly getting brighter when the frig turned on, etc. Turns out, when the power company installed their fancy new power meter on my house, they didn't tighten down the neutral line going back to the pole. So I had all my electricity going through my wiring to the house ground [very bad, and hard on the electronics]. So get someone GOOD.
2007-01-26 05:02:10 · answer #3 · answered by carol 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the your place is old in the wiring then you will need to have to wires replaced otherwise you may have a electrical fire at any giving time. If your TV is old this maybe a sign that your TV maybe quiting. The other thing is if your fuse panel is not up to date that also might have effect on your power source. Check out those and see if that corrects your problem.
2007-01-26 03:01:57 · answer #4 · answered by Ernie M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This could be a lot of things.
Lets do what we can for free. Move the TV to say the kitchen (where the circuits are often more robust) and see how it performs. If it is still dim, replace the TV.
If it improves, you need an electrician.
2007-01-26 04:32:21 · answer #5 · answered by KirksWorld 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get the power supplier to check your incoming voltage. They should do it at no cost.
There are specific tolerances allowed, but a rule of thumb is that if it's more than 10% below the nominal voltage, something's amiss and they should sort it. If the supply voltage is OK, then get an electrician to check out your domestic installation.
2007-01-26 06:31:22 · answer #6 · answered by Feinschmecker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Also have your power company check the transformer form the pole to see if it is giving the correct voltage to the house. They shouldn't charge for this. Then you will know if it is in the house or not.
2007-01-26 03:06:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your TV could be going bad, and if you are truely concerned don't waste time get an electrician to come and check, better that than ashes.
2007-01-26 02:57:33 · answer #8 · answered by darlene g 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
check the voltage at the outlet in question. it might be a circuit problem. dont rewire your house because of one bad circuit.
2007-01-26 03:25:33 · answer #9 · answered by RUSSELLL 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋