"Eeyore" wrote in message
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So I'm wondering how would "bad wiring" cause a TV to get destroyed?
I've never heard of this before.

Defective neutral bonding will do this.

To elaborate on that a little: If the neutral is open (doesn't go to the
center tap of the transformer serving the house), then you have 240 volts
across two of your circuits which are in series with each other. As long as
the two circuits have about the same load on them, each will get about 120
volts. But if one circuit gets a much heavier load (e.g., air conditioner),
the other circuit gets appreciably more than 120 volts.