diff --git a/audit/internal/webui/page_topo_diagram.go b/audit/internal/webui/page_topo_diagram.go
index 3cd956b..8d7b6fb 100644
--- a/audit/internal/webui/page_topo_diagram.go
+++ b/audit/internal/webui/page_topo_diagram.go
@@ -643,11 +643,14 @@ func renderTopoPSURow(psus []schema.HardwarePowerSupply, observedMaxW map[string
 		if p.WattageW != nil && *p.WattageW > 0 {
 			rating = *p.WattageW
 		}
-		// Load scale: true rating if known, else the observed peak draw.
+		// Load scale: true rating if known, else the observed peak draw — but
+		// only once that peak sits meaningfully above the current draw. Until
+		// a real full-load run has bumped it, the "peak" is just idle draw and
+		// a load % off it would be nonsense, so fall back to plain watts.
 		scaleMax := float64(rating)
 		scaleEstimate := false
 		if scaleMax <= 0 {
-			if m := observedMaxW[strconv.Itoa(i)]; m > 0 {
+			if m := observedMaxW[strconv.Itoa(i)]; m > 0 && (!haveDraw || m >= draw*1.25) {
 				scaleMax = m
 				scaleEstimate = true
 			}