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Subject - T.V. and electic mixer.
Billybob When the kitchen mixer is running the T.V. picture goes to H E double hockysticks. New home. Did my electricians maybe make an error ? Can it be fixed ? Cost ? That pannel is full now. Thanks.
JimmyDee No, the mixer is causing the problem. The arc produced by the brushes will cause the interference. It may be hitting the antenna or feeding through the electrical lines. I would inquire to someone knowledgeable about filtering and you can probably purchase a plugging filter at a Radio Shack or similar place. I don't think there is anything the electricians did that caused this.
Jim
David Hyatt My old house did this as well. Did you try plugging in the mixer in another outlet. Can't remember if I fix it or just lived with the problem. I may have added some dedicated circuits in the kitchen, just can't remember.
cs409 the wife and I where just talking about this same issue..she was mixing and i was watching TV(she also),,,kitchen/counter,bar/living/den, all one open area....no mixer noise on the tv as when we where kids! am on dish net. and i also noticed the same when we were just cable...not sure about reg uhf/vhf ant!! could be an old mixer is worst than a newer one also...as stated earlier, maybe a filter of sorts could help.