Power Supply season
It seems (to me) that March/April/May is power supply season.
In these months I’ve found I’ve needed to replace more failed power supplies, than in the rest of the year combined.
I also noticed something similar last year.
I wonder if its just coincidence, or if there is a real reason for this.
I can understand a PSU failing in summer… electronic components under a lot more heat stress. Maybe by the end of summer, many PSUs are ready to breakdown. A rise in humidity, a drop in temperatures, could also contribute to this.
It makes me wonder.
Yeah, there are certain ‘seasons’ for stuff like this I’ve noticed. There’s a modem season, power supply season and then in the hotter months is a CPU/Motherboard season.
lol, the climate change from summer to autumn is dead hard drive season for me.
I have noticed a similar trend myself. Here it usually does not start until May, and it seems to be tied to many factors. For one it is starting to get hot but not hot enough for people to use the AC yet. For another I noticed the power tends to be worse around this time of year; maybe the power companies are repairing all the problems from winter? In fact last month the power cycled very quickly a couple of times and took out a couple of power supplies even on computers hooked to a good UPS. It definitely makes you wonder.