PC Power & Cooling Launches The Power Supply Industry First Certification Program

Carlsbad, California, USA, March 20th, 2006 — In order to demonstrate the authenticity of its power supplies, create
a standard for quality that consumers can trust, and combat undocumented
and misleading performance claims from other companies,
PC Power & Cooling has established the computer industry’s first and only
certification program for production power supplies.

In order for an individual power supply to be certified under the
company’s new program, the following steps occur:

1. The power supply is connected to a $100,000 Chroma 8000 ATE
(automatic test equipment) and the bar-coded serial number is recorded.

2. The unit undergoes a comprehensive 16-point performance test,
including voltage setpoint, ripple, power factor, efficiency, line and load
regulation, protection circuit eval, and peak power output.

3. At the conclusion of the test an annotated report is printed, and if
all parameters are within strict specifications, the company’s corporate
seal is applied to the report. The report is then packaged with the
power supply.

Currently each of the company’s next-gen Turbo-Cool 1KW power supplies
are sold under the new certification program. Inclusion in the program
will be standard with each new high-end power supply model introduced.
Certified test reports for earlier models, that normally undergo a
6-point performance test without a printed report, will be available as
an option at a nominal charge.

Download a sample test report: Here

Download a certification brochure: Here

ABOUT PC POWER & COOLING, INC.

Over the last 21 years, PC Power & Cooling has produced many innovative
computer products including: the first CPU cooler, the first PC heat
alarm, the first independently-regulated PC power supply, the first
redundant power system, the first nVidia-certified SLI supply, and the
first One Kilowatt computer power supply, the Turbo-Cool 1KW.