Ok, so this is a very weird problem. Some background first.
Build:
i7 8700k
GTX 1080Ti
Asus Maximus X Hero motherboard
Samsung 970 Pro SSD
EVGA SuperNova 850 Platinum
I built my PC around October/November of 2017, it's had no problems since then. I moved in September of 2018 but the setup remained identical and again, everything's been fine. Yesterday though, my PC tripped the circuit breaker in my apartment. Just the breaker for the living room.
My immediate thought was that I was drawing too much power and that tripped the breaker. Did some quick math and no, I'm well under the 15A limit. Ok, so I tried another outlet connected to a different breaker (a 20A one with nothing else on the circuit). Same behavior. At this point I'm extremely confused. I tried a different surge protector and saw the same behavior. On a whim I tried connecting the PC directly to the outlet and the breaker trips stopped.
So my question is, what on earth could cause a PC to trip a circuit breaker only when it's connected to a (or any as far as I can tell) surge protector? And why would it not exhibit the same behavior plugged directly into the outlet?
At first I was strongly suspecting my PSU, but now I'm not sure what is happening.
Any thoughts or inputs would be greatly appreciated.
Build:
i7 8700k
GTX 1080Ti
Asus Maximus X Hero motherboard
Samsung 970 Pro SSD
EVGA SuperNova 850 Platinum
I built my PC around October/November of 2017, it's had no problems since then. I moved in September of 2018 but the setup remained identical and again, everything's been fine. Yesterday though, my PC tripped the circuit breaker in my apartment. Just the breaker for the living room.
My immediate thought was that I was drawing too much power and that tripped the breaker. Did some quick math and no, I'm well under the 15A limit. Ok, so I tried another outlet connected to a different breaker (a 20A one with nothing else on the circuit). Same behavior. At this point I'm extremely confused. I tried a different surge protector and saw the same behavior. On a whim I tried connecting the PC directly to the outlet and the breaker trips stopped.
So my question is, what on earth could cause a PC to trip a circuit breaker only when it's connected to a (or any as far as I can tell) surge protector? And why would it not exhibit the same behavior plugged directly into the outlet?
At first I was strongly suspecting my PSU, but now I'm not sure what is happening.
Any thoughts or inputs would be greatly appreciated.