Electric fluctuations

[Aircooled Brain]

Whenever something is switched on anywhere in my house,every other light flickers for a bit,so will this harm my pc in anyway ? And why is it caused ? 

[Enderman]

that happens when the electrical circuitry of your house is old and an appliance causes a surge of power, causing a voltage drop on all other things that are using power for just a second

your PSU is supposed to normalize power fluctuations like this to prevent damage to your PC

if you have a good quality PSU there is nothing to worry about

[Aircooled Brain]

that happens when the electrical circuitry of your house is old and an appliance causes a surge of power, causing a voltage drop on all other things that are using power for just a second

your PSU is supposed to normalize power fluctuations like this to prevent damage to your PC

if you have a good quality PSU there is nothing to worry about

Could be it has been 10 years since my house was built so.Yeah i own a corsair cx600 so i dont think its a reason to worry.

[Enderman]

Could be it has been 10 years since my house was built so.Yeah i own a corsair cx600 so i dont think its a reason to worry.

yeah its fine with that PSU

[W-L]

Whenever something is switched on anywhere in my house,every other light flickers for a bit,so will this harm my pc in anyway ? And why is it caused ? 

 

It's pretty normal when you turn on a high power appliance like a vacuum cleaner or use a power tool it will dim the lights slightly. Just be sure to have your PC on a surge protector this will not help it with the sudden lowering in power/dimming of lights but will help during times where power surges occur causing a higher than normal voltage going on your PC and monitors.

[Aircooled Brain]

It's pretty normal when you turn on a high power appliance like a vacuum cleaner or use a power tool it will dim the lights slightly. Just be sure to have your PC on a surge protector this will not help it with the sudden lowering in power/dimming of lights but will help during times where power surges occur causing a higher than normal voltage going on your PC and monitors.

I have a huge mcb installed for everyrooom in the mainboard so i think it works like a surge protector.Or should i buy a surge protector still.

[W-L]

I have a huge mcb installed for everyrooom in the mainboard so i think it works like a surge protector.Or should i buy a surge protector still.

 

As in MCB as Mini Circuit breaker? Those are usually are for preventing shorts or overloading a circuit in the home so they are for a different situation it's always best to invest $20-30 into a decent surge protector/power strip.

 

If you don't already have one I always recommend this one from APC it's pretty standard but has a very good layout:

http://www.apc.com/products/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=P11VNT3

[lufihengr]

I have a huge mcb installed for everyrooom in the mainboard so i think it works like a surge protector.Or should i buy a surge protector still.

Surge protectors help when there is a sudden jump in voltage like when lightning strikes the power lines.

 

When the lights go dimmer when you turn something on, the voltage drops, or in other words a brownout occurs. Surge protectors won't help you with brownouts. 

[Aircooled Brain]

As in MCB as Mini Circuit breaker? Those are usually are for preventing shorts or overloading a circuit in the home so they are for a different situation it's always best to invest $20-30 into a decent surge protector/power strip.

 

If you don't already have one I always recommend this one from APC it's pretty standard but has a very good layout:

http://www.apc.com/products/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=P11VNT3

Yeah circuit breaker,okay i will get a surge protector.

[Aircooled Brain]

Surge protectors help when there is a sudden jump in voltage like when lightning strikes the power lines.

 

When the lights go dimmer when you turn something on, the voltage drops, or in other words a brownout occurs. Surge protectors won't help you with brownouts. 

Turns out my pc is on a heavy duty part of the circuit which has my ac on it,so its kinda safe from brownouts.Still i will get a surge protector.

[lufihengr]

Turns out my pc is on a heavy duty part of the circuit which has my ac on it,so its kinda safe from brownouts.Still i will get a surge protector.

It might be worse with your ac unit on it as it might be producing brownouts when it turns on and off.

[Aircooled Brain]

It might be worse with your ac unit on it as it might be producing brownouts when it turns on and off.

Luckily no.I had 5 servers running on the same line a year back so.

[W-L]

Turns out my pc is on a heavy duty part of the circuit which has my ac on it,so its kinda safe from brownouts.Still i will get a surge protector.

 

Your PC or household circuit should not be part of the Central AC unit's circuit breaker the AC unit should always be on it's own circuit breaker. In Canada atleast they are their own 30amp breakers that are usually used for high draw appliances like stoves or electric dryers, not sure if it's different because of building codes in your area but I'm pretty sure in most places they do require it to be on it's own dedicated circuit.

[Aircooled Brain]

Your PC or household circuit should not be part of the Central AC unit's circuit breaker the AC unit should always be on it's own circuit breaker. In Canada atleast they are their own 30amp breakers that are usually used for high draw appliances like stoves or electric dryers, not sure if it's different because of building codes in your area but I'm pretty sure in most places they do require it to be on it's own dedicated circuit.

Turns out its on a totally different circuit. High draw appliances have a separate 45Amp breaker in my house,and the one my pc is on is a 25Amp one.No wonder i ran 5 heavy duty servers last year.