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Old 12-31-2013, 10:06 AM   #1
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Loss of tv antenna amplifier

When I turn on bathroom or bedroom lights I lose some of my tv channels, still have power to amplifier switch. Turn lights off channel comes back, don`t lose all channels. GHOSTS wierd. Any suggestions?
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Old 12-31-2013, 10:16 AM   #2
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not sure which rv you have but I had something similar happening on my rockwood 8280. I would turn the bedroom tv on and the living room tv would go blank. In the back of my living room tv, I had a 90 degree adapter that connected the coax cable to the tv. I removed the 90 degree adapter and hooked the coax cable directly to the tv and that solved my problem. If you have any of those 90 degree adapters, you may want to remove them and see if that solves your problem.
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Old 01-01-2014, 12:11 AM   #3
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When I turn on bathroom or bedroom lights I lose some of my tv channels, still have power to amplifier switch. Turn lights off channel comes back, don`t lose all channels. GHOSTS wierd. Any suggestions?
Many, included myself, have the same issue caused by the LED lighting. I've read that a few members have gotten higher quality lamps and that helped. My dealer didn't really want to even discuss that, and we rarely watch the thing so we just deal with it.

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Old 01-01-2014, 06:58 AM   #4
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Turn on the water and when pump kicks in there goes the tv LOL.....
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Old 01-01-2014, 02:43 PM   #5
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I have a Columbus. My TV also loses antenna signal when you turn on the bathroom or hall way lights on. It is caused by the cheap LED lighting that the trailer came with.
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Old 01-01-2014, 03:08 PM   #6
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Yep, its the lighting LEDs which cause to tv signal to go "out".
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Old 01-01-2014, 07:28 PM   #7
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Yep...LEDs. just make sure your SO doesnt turn on those lights during your favorite show!

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Old 01-11-2014, 09:31 AM   #8
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Palomino replaced my LED lights because of this problem

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