Lights go out when I try to run games

Lights in your house?

edit: I should have given a hypothetical answer. If you mean the lights in your home, it is definitely because of the likely increased power draw when your system increases its load. I used to see a dim in the lights for just a moment and it leveled out, mostly because there is more than one room in this house on the same 15A breaker.

For lights to go out completely, no idea.
 
auntjemima said:
Lights in your house?

edit: I should have given a hypothetical answer. If you mean the lights in your home, it is definitely because of the likely increased power draw when your system increases its load. I used to see a dim in the lights for just a moment and it leveled out, mostly because there is more than one room in this house on the same 15A breaker.

For lights to go out completely, no idea.
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Yes the lights in my home. I have an i3-6100/RX 480/Evga 600W PSU. I think its the load increase. Does anybody have a workaround for this?
 
Is it only certain lights? Like the ones on the computer breaker?
 
youre overloading whatever circuit youre system is on. connect your system to a different circuit/breaker.
 
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pendragon1 said:
youre overloading whatever circuit youre system is on. connect your system to a different circuit/breaker.
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I tried connecting it to the kitchen plug and it worked fine but the lights that were going off before did again and the switch keeps flicking off by itself. Keeps doing it. Wont go back on until I unplug the PC from the plug in the kitchen. I used an extension cord btw.
 
Wow. The circuits in the place must be super old, or they are running only a couple breakers for the whole place......That is not a lot of power draw.
 
Hagrid said:
Wow. The circuits in the place must be super old, or they are running only a couple breakers for the whole place......That is not a lot of power draw.
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Not sure. I'm going to let the maintainance guy know and see what he says about this issue.
 
Not sure as it could be many reasons. However, if it's happening because you are playing a horror game like 'Alone In The Dark', I would get rid of that game ;) Seriously though, look into getting a better powerbar. If you have a 3d printer, you can make your own like this one. Believe it or not, a quality powerbar can make a big difference.
 
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The maintenance guy needs to pedal harder to cope with your PC.
Doesnt sound like he's trying hard enough, staff these days pfff.
Ask him to change gear.
 
Personally, I would not be using much electricity at all until they fix that.

Sound to me like:
1. Crappy wiring
2. Poor connection at the outlets, especially if they used the ones that you just push the wire into a little clamp type thing instead of using screws to tighten the wires down.
3. Really old breakers, but that usually just results in the breakers popping and having to be reset.

#1 and #2 can definitely lead to an electrical fire, and you don't want that.
 
cyclone3d said:
Personally, I would not be using much electricity at all until they fix that.

Sound to me like:
1. Crappy wiring
2. Poor connection at the outlets, especially if they used the ones that you just push the wire into a little clamp type thing instead of using screws to tighten the wires down.
3. Really old breakers, but that usually just results in the breakers popping and having to be reset.

#1 and #2 can definitely lead to an electrical fire, and you don't want that.
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OR he's got too much shit on a 15amp breaker. I cant run my toaster, tea kettle, ac unit and stress test my pc without blowin a breaker. doesn't mean theres anything wrong, just over the rated amps which is why it trips.
 
Lived in a crappy house that did this due to craptastic and old wiring. Didn't take long for me to leave that place as the landlord had no desire to fix it. It was so bad that at night everyone had to set alarms so they could take their turn using the heater in their room during winter. :/
 
pendragon1 said:
OR he's got too much shit on a 15amp breaker. I cant run my toaster, tea kettle, ac unit and stress test my pc without blowin a breaker. doesn't mean theres anything wrong, just over the rated amps which is why it trips.
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I had to rewire pretty much all of my current house when I moved in. A fusebox with a massive number of fuses (now replaced with screw in 20A circuit breakers), and they had wired 2-3 rooms onto the same circuit. A lot of the available circuits were not even being used.

Despite the problems with way too much crap being wired to each circuit, it didn't dim the lights when I used too much stuff. The fuse would just blow.

If the lights are dimming, there is too much resistance in the circuit. The breaker should be popping BEFORE the lights dim.

Could be:
1. Bad outlets - fire hazard
2. Wire guage is too small for the size of circuit breaker being used - fire hazard
3. A partial short somewhere - fire hazard
4. Bad connection of the circuit breaker in the breaker box - fire hazard
5. Bad connection of the wires at the outlets or in the breaker box - fire hazard
6. Bad connection of the wires somewhere else where they are spliced together - fire hazard
 
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