bathroom fan disturbing t.v reception.

simpson93 · Aug 3, 2012

hey guys bit of a wierd one for me as have never come across this before, at my parents house i have noticed that every time the bathroom fan goes off there is no signal for about 2-3 seconds.

just wondering anyone ever come across this or could suggest what it could be?

telectrix · Aug 3, 2012

don't watch TV in the shower.

Rockingit · Aug 3, 2012

It's probably the way in which the fan sucks the air away from the aerial and therefore diverts the signal until the vortex has recovered.

[the fan is a) probably old and noisy and b) the mains run feeding it is too close to the coax in the loft]

Strima · Aug 3, 2012

If its an old fan sounds like the relay could be arcing causing interference on the TV signal.

I miss my old Armstrong bike, the magneto threw out that much interference that my missus knew when I was a mile away as the TV used to go funny...

Rockingit · Aug 3, 2012

Strima said:
If its an old fan sounds like the relay could be arcing causing interference on the TV signal.

I miss my old Armstrong bike, the magneto threw out that much interference that my missus knew when I was a mile away as the TV used to go funny...

Can't quite recall the name it's got (Goliath??), but there's a chuffing great big crane in the Belfast docks and I've heard it said on more than one occasion that all the local TV's knew about when it was moving!