You suspect that a power supply is faulty, but you use a power supply tester to measure its voltage output and find it to be acceptable. Why is it still possible that the power supply may be faulty?

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Henry Hoover

13 October, 18:47

You suspect that a power supply is faulty, but you use a power supply tester to measure its voltage output and find it to be acceptable. Why is it still possible that the power supply may be faulty?

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Isabela Conrad · Answer 1

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Explanation:

A normal power supply can deliver up to certain amount of power to a load. The output power can be calculated multiplying Voltage (V) x Current (A). It happens that after a certain period of time, the power source's main components begin to wear, thus losing its ability to deliver its nominal power. Normally, when no load its connected to the source, you will get the operating Voltage, but when the load demands power, the ability to deliver power to it may fail to reach nominal levels. When connected, there may be voltage drops (thus, less power output) causing malfunctions turning it into a non-operative power supply.