so i have a space heater and i have it set to kick on at a certain temperature, well a few days ago it kicked on and as usual my lights got slightly dimmer but also my pc froze up likely due to the voltage drop. No logs or events were created which supports the theory. This was a first time thing, it's kicked on many times before without this happening, just today it kicked on and my graphics driver crashed and recovered. My question is, is this damaging my computer?

This post was edited by DCSS on Dec 19 2017 12:15am

You said as usual. Has this space heater kicking on caused problems for the PC, before?

Nah it's a new thing but I always knew it was affecting the electricity, whenever it turns off my fan suddenly gets louder and the light gets brighter. Surprised it never locked up or caused my pc to turn off til now since it's on the same circuit. PSU might not have enough capacitance to keep the flow going seamlessly anymore or somethin'

Could be the space heater is going bad, drawing more electricity than it used to?

Can't rule that out either, maybe my wiring is going to shit as well.
I just want to make sure this wouldn't cause damage to my pc

This post was edited by DCSS on Dec 19 2017 01:02am

The power supply should protect your PC. After all that's 1/2 it's job. The other half being to provide clean power.
House wiring doesn't usually....go bad. It's either bad or it's not.

Easiest solution, is to have an electrician run a separate line, just for your comp.