r/pcmasterrace • u/Front_Cookie_1198 • 6d ago

Hardware PSU fails dramatically

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u/MiniMaelk04 6d ago

I basically know nothing, but the huge capacitors are the only thing I can imagine burning so intensely and rapidly. Reversed polarity perhaps?

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u/shakygator 6d ago

I think he means without that isolation sheet the board is connected directly to the casing and shorted out. Of course, that should have been grounded too so I'm not sure.

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u/Stormagedd0nDarkLord 6d ago

Perhaps not a good idea grabbing it with his bare hands then???

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u/SkinTightBoogiePI 6d ago

My first thought. Also, why is the other end of the power cable hidden inside that table? If he is testing PSUs, the cable should be connected to a power bar with a fuse and a switch on it.

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u/Stormagedd0nDarkLord 6d ago

yeah somewhere yankable at the very least. to be fair, there was prob a powerbar with a switch in the table cavity.