A power question....powerbridge and a UPS

[velillen]

So i have a nice APC S15 UPS which i have my server hooked up to. Works awesome as its nice and stable power. Got it on sale to so couldnt beat the price!

However I recently wanted to add my main pc to the S15. My main pc is ~15 feet from the S15 but accross the room. So i picked up a simple powerbridge to run the outlets from the pc to the S15.This is the unit i purchased for reference
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003CJTQ2Y/ref=oh_o00_s00_i00_details

I also picked up romex cabling 14-2 with grounding. basically just what the guy at Lowes told me i needed.

The issue is that when i plug in the pc to the powerbridge and the powerbridge to the S15 it will pop my circuit breaker at the panel. HOWEVER due to the battery feature the pc does power on and works just fine. But I cant get power back to the outlets in the room. Unplugging from the S15 allows me to reset the breaker. Plugging the PC back into the normal wall socket works as well.

So my question is....why would having the pc hooked up to the S15 basically cause the breaker to pop? yet having the pc hooked to a normal outlet works just fine?



For reference all that is hooke dup to the S15 is my server (8hdds, sempron 140), my switch, router, hdhomerun, and the cable modem.

 

[Ken g6]

I have a couple of guesses. First, are you sure all the wires are in the right places? Generally, you want black to the small slot, red to the large slot, and green to the ground hole.

Second, realize that your circuit breaker probably controls more than that one outlet. Is it possible you have an air conditioner, refrigerator, or something else on the same switch?

If the problem persists, get a qualified electrician to look at it, to avoid burning your house down! I am not a qualified electrician.

 

[Blain]

I also picked up romex cabling 14-2 with grounding. basically just what the guy at Lowes told me i needed.

Go back and tell the guy at Lowes you want to buy an Ideal 61-501 to test your circuit.

 

[corkyg]

Instead of investing time and $$$ in a Mickey Mouse power extension, just get a second UPS. That's what I do, and it provides additional planned redundancy.