"Dave Platt"


At a guess, the external load may have dragged down the voltage at the
outlet far enough that the computer power supply's "line undervoltage"
circuit kicked in, and shut down the computer cleanly.

** Absolute ********.

Have you no idea of the source impedance at a domestic AC outlet ?

A load that dropped the voltage by more than 10% would trip the breaker
first.


..... Phil