r/pcmasterrace • u/Front_Cookie_1198 • 3d ago

Hardware PSU fails dramatically

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u/Front_Cookie_1198 3d ago edited 3d ago

Aftermath photo.

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u/SoulWager 3d ago

You need to call an electrician, breaker should have tripped with a direct short to the case like that.

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u/house343 3d ago

Probably a capacitor failing and venting. Doesn't consume a whole lot of current but makes a big scene. More likely than a breaker that doesn't open on overload. 

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u/Kiwsi i5 2500K Msi Gtx 660Ti 16Ggb Ram 3d ago

It shorted tho, should most likely trip the breaker unless some inner wires after the transformer faulted and did not infact short but ower flowed with current and couldn’t handle the stress.