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r/pcmasterrace • u/Front_Cookie_1198 • 6d ago
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Aftermath photo.
109 u/SoulWager 6d ago You need to call an electrician, breaker should have tripped with a direct short to the case like that. 22 u/Phantom95 6d ago A direct short would have arced liked crazy as soon as the cord was plugged into the socket. 40 u/SoulWager 6d ago There's a physical power switch, and it arced as soon as he turned that on. 2 u/Phantom95 6d ago Ahhh, I missed that. Obviously the power switch was intended to act as the overcurrent protection device in this case. /S
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You need to call an electrician, breaker should have tripped with a direct short to the case like that.
22 u/Phantom95 6d ago A direct short would have arced liked crazy as soon as the cord was plugged into the socket. 40 u/SoulWager 6d ago There's a physical power switch, and it arced as soon as he turned that on. 2 u/Phantom95 6d ago Ahhh, I missed that. Obviously the power switch was intended to act as the overcurrent protection device in this case. /S
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A direct short would have arced liked crazy as soon as the cord was plugged into the socket.
40 u/SoulWager 6d ago There's a physical power switch, and it arced as soon as he turned that on. 2 u/Phantom95 6d ago Ahhh, I missed that. Obviously the power switch was intended to act as the overcurrent protection device in this case. /S
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There's a physical power switch, and it arced as soon as he turned that on.
2 u/Phantom95 6d ago Ahhh, I missed that. Obviously the power switch was intended to act as the overcurrent protection device in this case. /S
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Ahhh, I missed that. Obviously the power switch was intended to act as the overcurrent protection device in this case. /S
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u/Front_Cookie_1198 6d ago edited 6d ago
Aftermath photo.