Why are brownouts so harmful?
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I was reading Is surge protection actually needed? and well I'd like to know why brownouts are so harmful. The explanation gave there is "the capacitors get above their rated voltage" But that makes no sense if the power coming into the PSU is less than the usual voltage. What happens to a PSU in a…
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A brownout is an undervoltage condition, when the AC supply drops below the nominal value by about 10% (Nominal meaning 110-120 or 220-240 in most places). So in the US a brownout might be defined as the AC voltage dropping below 99V. The Intel spec…
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