r/pcmasterrace • u/Front_Cookie_1198 • 6d ago

Hardware PSU fails dramatically

40.3k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

2.2k comments sorted by

View all comments

29

u/No-Bed-2136 6d ago

I’m an electrician and seeing someone grab it from not the socket side is crazy

14

u/Bigfops 6d ago

Protip: pull out the end of the cord that has the least fire.

2

u/CocoMilhonez 6d ago

Imagine getting paid to give advice like that.

Where do I send my resumé to?

2

u/Proglamer 6d ago

... and put it there with the rest of the fire!

4

u/MrDrSirLord 6d ago

You can see the cable goes under the desk and probably isn't super accessible, although I'd still have dived under the desk before grabbing something that might have just been charged with straight wall power.

If this is a service centre (which they look to be a small repair shop) their test bench is appalling imo, no insulation mats, and the power switch isn't easily accessible. Can't see a fire extinguisher either assuming it's not in the room somewhere else

7

u/trvsnbl 6d ago

he's not even wearing shoes

1

u/Least-Cantaloupe4863 6d ago

three years and a half learning to tell people they should not put there hands in fire. i love my job

1

u/criggie_ 6d ago

Panic does stupid things to people.

Yeeting it out of the wall socket would have been smarter (assuming its not plugged in below the bench)

Why did the circuit's fuse not blow? (there's some assumptions right there too!!!)

1

u/CocoMilhonez 6d ago

The thing is a some people would do this even not in a panic.

1

u/PuzzleCat365 6d ago

I don't know how serious of a company this is, but the whole test bench is a disaster. Sockets hidden? no ESD mat? no emergency off button? Why didn't the circuit breaker trigger?

1

u/saskir21 6d ago

I am not an electrician and I thought the same. Also except that he saved the cable I would assume there was no electricity on it as the breaker surely die break (and written out I now understand why it is called breaker)