Wonder-PSU...? Keeps PC powered on during power outage?

Dan Worcester · Jul 15, 2015

So... long story short, i ended up swapping out my 650w 80+ silver PSU with a 1000w corsair Platinum PSU for a short period of time... we had a power outage the other day and every other PC shut down BUT mine... the power went out for around 5 seconds... long enough... I want to know, is this normal for a way overkill PSU to keep a PC running through a power outage???

here is a link to the PSU
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00M2UIXX2?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s01

PS no UPS is in use, only a cheap-o surge protector... and everything plugged into it went off as well (TV, monitor, modem, etc...)

datguy20 · Jul 15, 2015

Well it is normal for capacitors (especially good ones) to hold a charge. If it's extremely overkill then I could see that maybe happening during idle? Not an electrician or anything though.

Dan Worcester · Jul 15, 2015

datguy20 :

Yea... really i just want to understand it better and spread the word... if a kick ass PSU can do that, then its totally worth the xtra $$$.

Nabeel Farooqui · Aug 3, 2015

I don't think that is possible if the overkill isn't super dooper. Maybe this worked in the same way as when you turn the power off but a TV on standby keeps its LED indicator lit?

Come to think of it, my thermaltake 730w PSU kept my PC running when the voltage lowered for a second to probably ~180v (from 220v). Everything (monitor, modem etc) went out.

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