You guys are awesome! Thanks for the pointers! That was the problem. Somehow the outlet itself was screwed up - and no, nothing is grounded in his system.
An electrician is now on the way!
An electrician is now on the way!
Fried Need Help ASAP - system is smoking
Everyone, I just got a call from a friend who is having major trouble with his system. He informed me that last night he got a small but annoying shock from the jack of his antenna lead on his HDTV box. He also noticed that when changing interconnects, he SAW electricity arcing between the RCA and the interconnect.
Today his system started smoking and he shut it down.
He said smoke was coming from the wires...
Upon inspection, he noticed a pair of interconnects which WERE both covered in a yellow/gold colored mesh when new (a few days ago) now one of them is a brown color - and hot - seems current might have been flowing in reverse or through both cables?.
I have a number of ideas as to why this might occur but I am hoping some of you can provide pointers or places to look for problems that could have caused such a problem.
Thanks
Today his system started smoking and he shut it down.
He said smoke was coming from the wires...
Upon inspection, he noticed a pair of interconnects which WERE both covered in a yellow/gold colored mesh when new (a few days ago) now one of them is a brown color - and hot - seems current might have been flowing in reverse or through both cables?.
I have a number of ideas as to why this might occur but I am hoping some of you can provide pointers or places to look for problems that could have caused such a problem.
Thanks