There seem to be a lot of PSU's dying around now and I want to share my opinions on causes.
The major one is probably condensation.
Caused by air full of water vapour cooling on cold surfaces. If you cook, wash, brew up in the vicinity of a computer in a warm room and then overnight it cools when the heating goes off, look at your windows, the same atmosphere is inside your PC and the metal casings will be as cold as the inner glass.
You could leave it running 24/7 however that is inefficient energy wise. You can ensure that the room has warmed a bit before turning on. Computer suites maintain a constant temperature dry atmosphere.
Good ventilation will keep the air in the room dryer. However some loss of air temperature may occur.
Another cause is thermal shock, excessively low temperatures overnight and rapid heating of electronics by turning on (capacitors etc). Again let things warm a bit first.
Power supplies will struggle at low temperatures and not be as efficient. If your PSU is marginal at best, it will fail in the winter. Merry christmas
andy.
The major one is probably condensation.
Caused by air full of water vapour cooling on cold surfaces. If you cook, wash, brew up in the vicinity of a computer in a warm room and then overnight it cools when the heating goes off, look at your windows, the same atmosphere is inside your PC and the metal casings will be as cold as the inner glass.
You could leave it running 24/7 however that is inefficient energy wise. You can ensure that the room has warmed a bit before turning on. Computer suites maintain a constant temperature dry atmosphere.
Good ventilation will keep the air in the room dryer. However some loss of air temperature may occur.
Another cause is thermal shock, excessively low temperatures overnight and rapid heating of electronics by turning on (capacitors etc). Again let things warm a bit first.
Power supplies will struggle at low temperatures and not be as efficient. If your PSU is marginal at best, it will fail in the winter. Merry christmas
andy.
