surge protector issue

[kthejung]

My surge protector turned off by itself this morning for no apparent reason. It was not raining or storming outside. I turned the surge protector back on and everything was running fine. I'm wondering whether this is a benign flub or if it's a precursor to something more serious. The surge protector is just a Radio Shack brand that I picked up for $20.  I got it plugged into a 50amp socket and I am powering two Corsair 850W psu off of it.

[OliRS]

You're asking something that nobody can answer for you.

Maybe there was a dip in the power supply and then a slight surge, it happens from time to time and may have been enough to trip the protector.

It's all working again now so just see what happens.

[kthejung]

Problem solved, I was overloading the surge protector by running 2 850Watt psu from it.  Most surge protectors seemed to be rated for about 10amps so 2 psu was overloading it.  120V x 10amps= 1200Watts      850watts x 2= 1700Watts