Re: HELP - out of the case, but trippin' the Breaker

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Posted by StephenH on 21, 2001 at 3:47 AM:

In Reply to: HELP - out of the case, but trippin' the Breaker posted by LeMasters on 20, 2001 at 12:02 PM:

Make sure other devices on the same house circuit are not overloading it. For example, many many lights, a fan motor, an appliance or other stuff can overload it.

Also, it could be a bad power supply that is shorting out somehow.

: I took my old PC out of the case and attached the MB, power supply and HD/CD to a board in the cabinet. Now, every so often, when I flip the power to the surge protector it is attached to, it trips the house breaker for that circuit (out go the lights!)

: I have tried connecting wire with electrical tape between the various components to ground them together (kludgey) -- to no avail.

: Could it be a bad powersupply?

: Any advice?

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: Make sure other devices on the same house circuit are not overloading it. For example, many many lights, a fan motor, an appliance or other stuff can overload it. : Also, it could be a bad power supply that is shorting out somehow. : : : I took my old PC out of the case and attached the MB, power supply and HD/CD to a board in the cabinet. Now, every so often, when I flip the power to the surge protector it is attached to, it trips the house breaker for that circuit (out go the lights!) : : I have tried connecting wire with electrical tape between the various components to ground them together (kludgey) -- to no avail. : : Could it be a bad powersupply? : : Any advice?

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