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Is it safe to connect TV power from A/C unit? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/electricians

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Hey guys, Im in the process of moving to a new place. The wall where I want to mount TV doesnt have any power socket, but there is indoor A/C unit just next to it. Can I just connect a power strip cable to A/C unit terminals and use it as a socket for my LCD TV? Is there any risk Im not aware of?

I live in EU and have 220V AC mains. AC is ~1kW indoor unit and also ~1kW outdoor unit. TV is just regular 43" LCD.

I have a general knowledge about electricity (high school), but have no experience with A/C units.

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[–] slazer2au 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would not put the AC on a power strip, unless you get a very good power strip.

You should switch the power point to a double gang outlet and stick a power strip on the other plug for your tv and accessories.

You TV may not like inductive loads on the same circuit though so youay lower the life of your tv by doing it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you for input. I wasnt going to put AC on a power strip, I was going to connect powerstrip on AC terminals and then only TV on a power strip. Well, my plans are changing it seems :)

Also Im not worried about lowering life of TV, but it sounds wrong and I want to avoid everything thats not best practice

[–] JackFrostNCola 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Assuming this is a VRF/DX split system you can often hang a small Outside Air Fan off the indoor unit power supply with no problems but anything over an Amp or so you are starting to risk overloading the PCBs in the Condensor unit as they dont have the same current carrying capacity as the cables typically used.

Also not sure about the regulations where you live but you also need to comsider if the GPO for the TV would still be RCD/TCBo protected.

Overall its a bad idea to be putting any non-HVAC related equipment on a circuit designated for an AC unit, this will be confusing and dangerous in regards to power isolation for an electrician doing work in future.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you. 1A is not what I need, but it feels bad after reading this. 1A is only ~220W which seems like dangerously low