LCD TV Shuts off, When A/C comes on..

[gresults]

I have had two motorhomes do this was wondering anyone else has experienced this, and wondering if anyone has solved the problem with a surge protector/line conditioner.

It appears to only happen when on generator power and does not appear to happen all the time, at first I was impression it was my invertor braker but found out the invertor was not triping the tv was just shutting off, so assume its just a drop in power and it only happens to the larger lcd tv.

[wa8yxm]

When the AC kicks in it puts one "Heck" of a load on the genny, a 1,000 watt AC can take as much as 10KW starting.. The voltage on the lines drops a bit (Read on) and the TV says: "Not enough voltage.. BY"

Now.. Adding to that is the fact (I told you to read on this is it) that many of us RVers have a few screws loose.. yes, Screws loose.. The metal kind, not the mental kind (Ok, perhaps.. but that's not the kind I'm talking about here)

When I had some very strange behavior from my A/C's I opened the breaker box, (After unplugging and switching to all battery power) took my #2 Robson bit and started tightening screws.. As much as a turn and a half in some cases.

Works much better now.

[HotMech]

In my case, the tv stays on, but the dvr restarted when the ac came on.
I solved the problem with a small UPS, 400va. works perfect now. Of course The UPS doesn't like the inverter's modified sinewave. but that is just an upgrade away

[Bill Adams]

It's most likely that there is simply a momentary power loss during the transfer switch change-over which causes the TV to go off. There's also likely nothing that could be done to change this.

[Bruce and Jenna]

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Originally Posted by HotMech In my case, the tv stays on, but the dvr restarted when the ac came on. I solved the problem with a small UPS, 400va. works perfect now. Of course The UPS doesn't like the inverter's modified sinewave. but that is just an upgrade away

Uh oh. An installer recently tried to install a modified wave inverter thru my Progressive Surge Protector. Bzzzz! Till he gave up. Progressive later told me that I was lucky he didn't burn out my ($400) surge protector.

Short version - read your UPS manual carefully. Tho in my case, Progressive did not document this incompatibility.

[gresults]

Sounds like I might just leave it alone for now...

[Bruce and Jenna]

Yeah.

"If it ain't broke, don't break it."