Issue with sockets/appliances help needed please

[DIYfan]

If these appliances are also quite old they may well be drawing more current than they did originally as things start to wear out.

Good point, the fridge freezer is over 10 years old, the washer about 3 years and the tumbler was well over 5 years, looks like I've replaced that for nothing though it was getting tatty

 

[Pete999]

as the other old git says ^^^^^^. get an electrician to add 1 or 2 more sockets. (assuming the supply to the garage will handle the load.). the reason you've got away with it before is that maybe the appliances were coincidentally not all on heat cycle at the same time. bear in mind that washers and dryers each pull around 10A when heating.

I'll certainly look into this however in the short term I'm going to try and get the fridge freezer turned so the cable plugs straight into the wall.
The washer and tumbler won't reach so would it be ok to get a short extension and run them one at a time so as not to overload things?

Stop wasting Money and get your Garage sockets sorted, Agree with what the first old git said

 

[telectrix]

was this our last night out, pete? when we picked up those 2 slappers?

 

[Toneyz]

Are you two arguing who is top old git again?

 

[Toneyz]

was this our last night out, pete? when we picked up those 2 slappers?

Who is who?

 

[Pete999]

Are you two arguing who is top old git again?

No Ant

 

[DIYfan]

Whilst I'm here I may as well ask about another strange electrical thing I've had intermittently for a couple of years.

When I switch the garage light off it sometimes disconnects the sky Q box in the living room. Though I was going crazy but it definitely does it.
It doesn't put it into standby, the box still has the green light on but my TV brings up the "no source check connection" screen as though the box had gone into standby. I have to press the power button to actually put it in standby (yellow light) then again to put it back on for it to work again.

This only happens with Sky Q source and only when the garage light is switched off not on, it never happened when I had Sky HD and must happen 20% of the time, it also sometimes nearly does it, ie flickers if that makes sense.
I contacted sky but they're not really interested.
Thanks.

EDIT I've actually had the Q box swapped but no joy

 

[DIYfan]

https://www.NoLinkingToThis/p/masterplug-13a-4-gang-switched-surge-protected-extension-lead-1m/1601g

Would that be acceptable to have the washer and tumbler plugged into if I only run 1 at a time?

 

[Deleted member 26818]

I had a similar situation with a touch light switch and a TV.
Turning on the light, could cause the TV to change channel.
Standing between the switch and the TV prevented this.

I assumed the spark produced by using the switch, caused a burst of IR which matched the code from the TV remote to change channel.

 

[James]

If you have a medium wave radio, tune it into a weak Chanel and listen when you turn the light off.
You might hear a crack or a pop, this would suggest the light fitting (possibly an old fluorescent light) is generating some electrical noise that can cause strange thing s to happen with electronic devices and computers.