Weird Issue

[Iamn0tageek]

Hi,

I have a EcoFlow Delta 2

I have a surge protector multiplug that goes directly into my wall socket ( One of those Ellies things that cost a couple hundred bucks ).

EcoFlow is plugged into that multiplug

PC and 24" monitor plugged directly into EcoFlow at the back ( 2x 3-point plugs )

Before:

EcoFlow running off mains & when the power goes out I just carried on working on the PC as it switched over to battery power.

Now:

Same scenario, but when the power goes out, my PC stays on but my monitor goes into standby mode.

I have to shutdown my PC & power it up again to continue on it as usual.

So the EcoFlow was on mains, and while the PC was on, I unplugged the 3-point power plug for the Eco out of the multi adaptor

Perfect, PC purrs along with no issues.

I tried a different multiplug, same problem. ( When the power goes out ).

Question:

Why is it that when load shedding hits my PC does that?

It's almost that the switch over isn't fast enough where my PC stays on but I have to shutdown to use it again.

Never happened before, just recently.

Could it be something to do with the house's DB board or the physical wall socket plug?

 

[Harmonic]

It could be interference on the HDMI/DP cable when the power switches over. Probably a power spike somewhere causing the monitor to lose sync. Try moving the HDMI/DP cable as far away from AC cables as possible.

 

[Iamn0tageek]

Monitor is on HDMI

I don't know why it doesn't do it when I pull the mains plug out the multi adaptor for the EcoFlow.

Because that technically is simulating load shedding.... Eco loses power and must switch to battery.

 

[UB40]

Swop your HDMI cables out with your Xbox and see what happens next time there is loadshedding.

 

[leon.davibe]

I didn't know much about surge protectors , read something recently one of the types we use is MOV they absorb spikes and over time can deteriorate and not fail outright and thus get to a point of offering less or even no protection with no indication

So my understanding is that you may have to replace MOV surge protectors in scenarios like ours where they can get overworked by shedding

ie like it is with a car ie x amount of kilos change the oil

X amount if surges replace the surge protector or test it if it still capable of performing in its specifications keep using it

 

[leon.davibe]

“Every power surge your surge protector absorbs decreases the amount of future joules it absorbs. If that 1000 joule surge protector takes an 1000 joule hit, it’s done for. But it’s also done for if it takes ten 100 joule hits — or if it takes a thousand one joule hits. It’s all cumulative… It’s all about how many joules your surge protector has absorbed. But the older your surge protector is, the more it’s likely degraded.”

What i get if i google for knowing if MOV surge ptotector needs replacing

Edit
So a multi plug protector can just become a normal multi plug after x amounts of hits

And thus simulating shedding doesn't cause the same effects as shedding ie the surges are missing

So the mov is likely shot and offers no protection

The one psu is just better at dealing with the spikes

Disconnecting/reconnecting the screen may get it to wake up and for pc to recognise it again

 

[Iamn0tageek]

Thank you gentlemen

I'll do some more testing and revert back.