Residential surge protector trips frequently

[dsjr114]

My Aunt and Uncle have a older Television set,it's about 14 year old.When they turn it off for the night ,then turn it on in the morning it trips the surge protector/power strip.They've been having this problem for the last 2 weeks.There are other things on the circuit,but I haven't identify them yet.They said they haven't added or change anything on the circuit. What could be the cause of this,the Television set or maybe something else on the circuit .

 

[ptonsparky]

First, try a different surge strip or none at all. Some of those are just a fire waiting to happen. After that I would put some meters into the mix, maybe. Our TV isn't on for weeks at a time so maybe I wouldn't even know a problem existed.

 

[Speedskater]

Older TV sets, the CRT type have a degaussing coil around the CRT tube, it turns on for a couple of seconds at turn-on and draws a rather large amount of current. So i suspect the the surge strip has a weak breaker.

 

[dsjr114]

after the problem started they bought a new surge protector and that tripped too.So I had them plug it directly into the wall outlet and it worked fine whether it's off for a hour or several hours,but if it's pluged into a surge protector new or old and it's off for a long period of time it trips.

 

[dsjr114]

maybe the old surge protector just got weak and the new one they bought just isnt rated high enough for the initial start up of the television,like speedskater pointed out .

 

[boboelectric]

TV Time!

 

[G._S._Ohm]

I think your TV is failing.