"Do not use a stabilizer for your PSU!" Need to know why

gogirb

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I've been told most of the times from pc sellers that I shouldn't plug a certified PSU, i mean "+80" PSU to a stabilizer because it would damage/kill it.

My question is why?

I never use stabilizers and I had this power supply for 6 years, some friends bought the exact same psu and used a stabilizer and died after a month, same case with more friends but other PSU and their PSUs also died! I'm just wondering if there was an explanation to it.

It's pretty intriguing.
 
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Cheap stabilizer = cheap stabilization. Many cheap stabilizers and UPSs will not output true sine wave AC power which is what these PSUs are designed to accept. Instead they output an "approximated" sine wave which puts a lot of strain on the PSU.
Cheap stabilizer = cheap stabilization. Many cheap stabilizers and UPSs will not output true sine wave AC power which is what these PSUs are designed to accept. Instead they output an "approximated" sine wave which puts a lot of strain on the PSU.
 
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