240v LED down light kills my TV reception!! Mainly channel 10. Why?

tymatk on 21/08/2013 - 16:48

Hi all

I have an LG Led/3D tv in my living room.

In my kitchen, i have around 9 x 240V LED down light. Now these are 240v and not your 12v so no transformer is required.

Every time i turn the kitchen light on, the TV reception died. Mainly happens to channel 10 and sometime 7. What's the problem?

Is it because ….

These LED down light are none C-Tick approved?

I've changed my antenna to a Italy made with digital approval and that didn't help either.

I changed the way i run the antenna cable, use good coaxial shield cable as well but still no go (do i really need to use Branded cable?

I Google this problem and thank God i'm not the only one who's enduring this pain, many others from various country suffer the same ill fate as i do.

Anyone here able to help?

Thanks

Comments

_Bruce_ on 21/08/2013 - 17:49

+1

Now these are 240v and not your 12v so no transformer is required.

They have a transformer, it is just included in the package.

Every time i turn the kitchen light on, the TV reception died. Mainly happens to channel 10 and sometime 7. What's the problem?

The supply in the globes is bad.

All devices you connect to your household power emit noise, both as radiated transmissions (like tv signals) and back into the house power. Most likely the former is the issue, and the solutions are:

1: Replace the globes.

2: Put a Faraday cage or other shielding around the globes. Probably not worth it.
tymatk on 21/08/2013 - 22:07

thanks

1 Replace the globes ….. replace to a better one? Any recommendation?

cheeers
backpaqer on 22/08/2013 - 08:08

I'm thinking transformer for me. I was running halogens and turning them on would kill channel 2…globes are now LED and channel 2 still dies…funnily enough…the TV in the lounge is the one that suffers, yet the TV in the same room as the downlights is fine (lounge just has simple fluoro low-energy lights).
Mikinoz on 22/08/2013 - 08:14

Ahh just moved house, this makes sense now
woodwa on 22/08/2013 - 10:15

Just to get an idea what city are you in so we can isolate the signal frequency….
tymatk on 23/08/2013 - 13:49

I'm in south east Melb.