[wellylug] OT: 4.6V on the 5V rail is indicative of....?
Damon Lynch
damon at photo.geek.nz
Mon Mar 29 10:19:49 NZST 2004
On Mon, 2004-03-29 at 08:38, Peter Jones wrote:
> In my experience power supplies are pretty tolerant of mains input level (my
> own house varies between 210 and 255 as measured with a Fluke power monitor,
> but the kids PCs keep running (MY pcs, the important ones, live behind a UPS
> ;-) )
That's interesting. Do you think it could shorten the life of a PSU if
it is running off 210?
> The power level can only be one of two things, either the PSU is failing to
> deliver, or something in the PC is pulling the voltage down.
> What is the claimed wattage of the PC, how many devices in the PCs leeching
> off it?
Please see my reply to Brent, it's nothing significant.
Thanks
Damon
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