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How to deal with tumble dryer spiking Freeview box?

Our tumble dryer seems to be the cause of interference on our Freeview digital television decoder. As the drum changes direction, we get sound and picture interruption. Both are on the same ground floor socket ring-main. What would you recommend, please?:

- Fit some gadget to the tumble dryer plug?

- Or switch to a suppressed trailing 4-way socket for the TV equipment?

Also, could these spikes be causing slow or hidden damage to any other equipment? Fridge; laptops; other circuits, upstairs, etc?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Its probably radio interference no harm just a nuisance , a suppressor across phase and neutral before the motor will solve the problem

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