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From: Rod Speed on 16 Feb 2010 16:25 Farts farted > Rod Speed wrote... >> Farts farted >>> If the issue here is whether or not the GPO has a good earth connection, >> That is just one posssibility. > What are others? That something else at that house has an earth problem, that there is a problem with the neutral or the active, etc etc etc. > What are we missing here? In your case anything viable between your ears. >>> which, going by your guys' views on the PS having a faulty earth detection issue, >> No one ever said that. > What, that there is a fault with earth leakage detection? Yep, no one ever said that. >>> then testing voltage from Active to Earth using a >>> Fluke or similar quality meter should prove this. >> Pity about the other possibilitys. > Which are? No point in bothering to list them all, makes a lot more sense to try the test I specified and move on from the results of that to a much smaller subset of possibilitys. >>> If it trips the RCD then you know that it's working. >> You dont know that there is one. > If it's a new house as the OP implied He stated that explicitly. > then it will have one. Not necessarily.
From: Marts on 17 Feb 2010 15:11 Rod Speed wrote... > That something else at that house has an earth problem, that > there is a problem with the neutral or the active, etc etc etc. > > > What are we missing here? > > In your case anything viable between your ears. At least we share something in common, then. A simple test with a multimeter, a good one, will determine any problems with the GPO's wiring or connections. While it ain't rocket science, it must be for you.
From: keithr on 17 Feb 2010 16:50 On 12/02/2010 1:27 AM, XR8 Sprintless wrote: > I have a customer who I built an I7 - 920 system for which is giving > problems but only at his residence and does not fail in my workshop. > > The system is running an Intel BLKDX58S0 motherboard with 6gb Ram and a > Radeon 4850 Video Card. It is powered with a Gigabyte 550W Power Supply. > It has two Hard Drives in Raid and two DVD Drives. > > Basically the machine simply will not even turn on at his house whilst > it will turn on in the workshop without an issue. In fact I have turned > it off and on over 30 times today and it has not failed once. > > At his residence the machine will not turn on at all even with nothing > connected. I have checked his power supply which is running at 246V AC > whereas mine runs at 234V. The wiring is correct. > > I have swapped power supplies in an effort to resolve this issue but > that did not make any difference, the machine still would not turn on at > all. > > Anyone have any sensible suggestions as to what else I could check? > It is probably a stupid questions, but you are using the same power cord at both locations aren't you?
From: Swampfox on 19 Feb 2010 05:20 Rod Speed wrote: > Farts farted >> Rod Speed wrote... >>> Farts farted > >>>> If the issue here is whether or not the GPO has a good earth >>>> connection, > >>> That is just one posssibility. > >> What are others? > > That something else at that house has an earth problem, that > there is a problem with the neutral or the active, etc etc etc. > >> What are we missing here? > > In your case anything viable between your ears. > >>>> which, going by your guys' views on the PS having a faulty earth >>>> detection issue, > >>> No one ever said that. > >> What, that there is a fault with earth leakage detection? > > Yep, no one ever said that. > >>>> then testing voltage from Active to Earth using a >>>> Fluke or similar quality meter should prove this. > >>> Pity about the other possibilitys. > >> Which are? > > No point in bothering to list them all, makes a lot more > sense to try the test I specified and move on from the > results of that to a much smaller subset of possibilitys. > >>>> If it trips the RCD then you know that it's working. > >>> You dont know that there is one. > >> If it's a new house as the OP implied > > He stated that explicitly. > >> then it will have one. > > Not necessarily. Yep, necessarily.
From: Rod Speed on 19 Feb 2010 12:41
Swampfuckwit wrote > Rod Speed wrote >> Farts farted >>> Rod Speed wrote... >>>> Farts farted >>>>> If the issue here is whether or not the GPO has a good earth connection, >>>> That is just one posssibility. >>> What are others? >> That something else at that house has an earth problem, that >> there is a problem with the neutral or the active, etc etc etc. >>> What are we missing here? >> In your case anything viable between your ears. >>>>> which, going by your guys' views on the PS having a faulty earth detection issue, >>>> No one ever said that. >>> What, that there is a fault with earth leakage detection? >> Yep, no one ever said that. >>>>> then testing voltage from Active to Earth using a >>>>> Fluke or similar quality meter should prove this. >>>> Pity about the other possibilitys. >>> Which are? >> No point in bothering to list them all, makes a lot more >> sense to try the test I specified and move on from the >> results of that to a much smaller subset of possibilitys. >>>>> If it trips the RCD then you know that it's working. >>>> You dont know that there is one. >>> If it's a new house as the OP implied >> He stated that explicitly. >>> then it will have one. >> Not necessarily. > Yep, necessarily. You are wrong, as always. |