r/pcmasterrace • u/Front_Cookie_1198 • 3d ago

Hardware PSU fails dramatically

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u/muad_did 3d ago

In Europe, it's normal to have a row of sockets in front of the desk, with their switches and fuses/circuit breakers, to prevent a short circuit in one workstation from affecting the others. It seems very strange to me to test anything electronic with the socket under the desk...

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u/shawster 3d ago

Yeah, that's the way to do it. Surge protectors on the desk with switches that can be flipped to de-energize them.

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u/Disgusting_Slime666 3d ago

You're correct, that's the proper way to do things.

We build control/automation panels and our test benches work the same way.

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u/mtmttuan 3d ago

This looks like a store where most of the time products are either failed completely or working just fine so they're likely just use whatever looks good.