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Power Question - laser printer =lights flickering!

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BobNoxious

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Just added a laser printer to my home on the same circuit as my 2 pcs. When the fuser warms up to print, the lights in the room flicker.

Am I causing a brownout situation?

any advice?
 
BobNoxious said:
Just added a laser printer to my home on the same circuit as my 2 pcs. When the fuser warms up to print, the lights in the room flicker.

Am I causing a brownout situation?

any advice?
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The printer is causing a drop in power on warm up. This occurs at my house too. One solution is to protect your PC from the brownouts with a UPS. That way whenever there is a dip in power, your PC will remain unaffected.

You can also try and put the printer on a different circuit, or solve the electrical issue in the first place, but the UPS is the easiest thing and doesn't require an electrician.
 
Yeah the startup power draw on laser printers is really really large. My laser printer does the same thing as well. Just do what Dan_D said....but by all means do not mix up his advice and put the laser printer on a UPS!!!
 
I recently bought a Konica/Minolta Magicolor 2400W color laser and now I too am experiencing the wonders of a power sucking laser printer. :D

Not only does it make the lights on the same circuit breaker flicker, but you can actually notice it anywhere in the house to a certain degree. Crazy...

I'm thinking about getting a UPS for the printer itself to see if it helps with the flickering lights situation.
 
Spectre said:
Yeah the startup power draw on laser printers is really really large. My laser printer does the same thing as well. Just do what Dan_D said....but by all means do not mix up his advice and put the laser printer on a UPS!!!
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No definitely not. I have in fact made that mistake with another UPS not connected to my main PC. It will trip everytime. I gaurantee it.

Spectre said:
No!! The startup draw is high enough it will trip the UPS.
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Aye, that it will.
 
Spectre said:
No!! The startup draw is high enough it will trip the UPS.
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Well hell....

Why do I get a feeling I've just been whacked with a rolled up newspaper? :p


I should have known that anyway, chalk it up to me being whacked out on 4 different kinds of flu meds. :D
 
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