Hey all, so I've been having this problem again recently. Whenever I startup a game, there is a random chance that the circuit breaker in my room trips. It is only my room, not my entire house. It is not consistent either. Last night I was playing Dark Souls 3 for over 4 hours and it was fine, but today I tried Overwatch and couldn't get past 1 match before it tripped. I have a 735W power supply, dual-monitors, an ATR2500 microphone, Beyerdynamic DT990 headphones, Corsair K70 keyboard, and a DS3 controller all coming from my PC.
My first guess was that my PC is overloading the circuit, but I don't think that's the problem since I have an 15amp (holds up to 1600-1800 watts) outlet in my wall and my PC alone is nowhere near that much. I have turned everything off on the circuit that isn't my PC and it still trips. I'm starting to assume that it's faulty wiring somewhere within the outlet itself and not my PC. Does anybody have any advice? I don't really want to hire an electrician because they tend to be expensive in my area and I don't really want to spend the money.
My first guess was that my PC is overloading the circuit, but I don't think that's the problem since I have an 15amp (holds up to 1600-1800 watts) outlet in my wall and my PC alone is nowhere near that much. I have turned everything off on the circuit that isn't my PC and it still trips. I'm starting to assume that it's faulty wiring somewhere within the outlet itself and not my PC. Does anybody have any advice? I don't really want to hire an electrician because they tend to be expensive in my area and I don't really want to spend the money.
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