After googling my issue, it seems this is a growing concern with Samsung TVs purchased in the last 6 months or so. Lots of folks on reddit and elsewhere seem to be having power issues where either the TV will no longer power on, or it's tripping their circuit breakers.
Since putting my S90D in my bedroom, my circuit breaker has been tripped several times. At first, I wasn't convinced it was the TV, even though every single time it has tripped, I've been watching it. I just didn't think a TV drew enough power to trip a breaker.
To be clear, I have other things with significantly higher expected power draw on this circuit, which covers my 2 bedrooms. One of those things is a gaming PC. I can game on that PC for hours with no issue, no trip of my circuit breaker. The breaker has ONLY ever tripped while actively watching my Samsung S90D, purchased directly from Samsung.
I have filed a ticket and have someone coming out, but based on what I'm reading online, I'm concerned about any solution other than a straight up refund, so I'm curious if anyone else has gotten a repair that stabilized the issue. The symptom is sporadic - since getting the TV in late November, it has probably tripped my breaker about 8 or 10 times now. I can't just reproduce it easily, but 100% of the time it has tripped, it has been while watching this TV and I don't even watch very much TV in my bedroom (mostly I watch on my Frame TV out in my living room).
Has anyone else experienced circuit breaker / fuse trips, and more importantly: has anyone's TV service appointment/repair actually fixed the issue to a level of confidence you're comfortable with?
Hello, I purchased a 77ā S90D last week and just moved into a new apartment. The apartment is wired with GFCI/AFCI breakers with a 5mA limit. The apartment is brand new and I am the first tenant. I set up the TV and that process went fine, but when I went to watch a show on one of the TV apps, I tripped one of the breakers. The error code on the breaker is a ground fault. I moved the TV to another circuit and it tripped that breaker too. In total, I have tried 4 different breakers, and all of them tripped. There is one breaker in my bathroom that seems to do okay with the TV, and Iāve been able to watch the TV for over an hour without it tripping. But another time, I plugged it in there and it immediately tripped.
I called the store where I bought the TV and they offered me a replacement on Monday. I can update this thread with how that goes.
Tonight I was using my rice cooker and it popped with a ground fault code as well. Because my apartment is brand new, I am not sure if itās my appliances or the wiring thatās a problem, or perhaps a combination of both. If anyone has any information with regards to Samsung S90D popping GFCI breakers/outlets and can share, that would help a ton.
Hello @formermidget! Thank you for reaching out! You should reach out to maintenance about this issue. As this seems like it could be a wiring issue in the apartment.
UPDATE: TL,DR: TV seems okay, and it is an issue with the GE breakers in my apartment.
Electrician for the apartment came today. They said theyāve been having issues with these breakers, especially with gaming computers (3x separate instances) which trigger the breaker when theyāre powered on. The electrician installed two new breakers, one on the fridge circuit where the rice cooker was tripping and one in the living room where the TV nominally plugs in. The TV and rice cooker seem to work fine for now. I canceled my TV replacement with the TV store.
Hereās how it was explained to me: the situation is that the electrical code update (in 2023?) to require GFCI/AFCI breakers on new builds has outpaced equipment suppliers like GE, who are unable to manufacture breakers that meet the requirements while not tripping under normal use. Many of these breakers are ābadā out of the box. This is causing lots of these ānuisance tripsā where there is no fault with the appliance, and the breaker is triggering under itās 5mA leakage current limit, but there is no solution other than to replace the breaker and try again. The electrician who showed up said there is a possibility that they may start using āSquare Dā breakers in the future which fit on the GE panel, but for now, they have replaced with the same breaker model and are hoping for better results. FWIW the breaker is a THQL1115DF GE 15 Amp.
This issue is super frustrating as it could pop up again (for example if I add a PC to another circuit), but at least I can call my maintenance and they can send someone out with a new breaker to try. If anyone has any other advice for this situation (either for me or that I can fwd to the electrician), that would be great. I am curious as to why breaker manufacturers cannot do more thorough testing on each unit to verify that it doesnāt trip with modern appliances.
