I'm getting small electric shocks off the TV aerial plug and wondering if anyone knows if this is normal or if it can be prevented.
Our aerial was replaced about a year and a half ago as we totally lost signal and was only getting a few channels.
The aerial is on the chimney, cable running down the outside of the cottage, in under the window frame to a splitter. One split goes up into the bedroom, one to the freeview box in the living room (connects to the TV via SCART).
No problems with the TV in the bedroom, 91 channels clear as day. The box in the living room gets about 8 channels. It's been getting progressively worse over the last month or so so I've fiddled about with the coax cable, refitted new plugs on each end, swapped out for different cables but still the same. The box is about a year old so should still be OK.
This is, off that cable I get small shocks, to the point you can see tiny sparks. It's always had some charge to it, but it does seem to be a little worse than that.
any ideas what could be causing the problem?
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