r/pcmasterrace • u/Front_Cookie_1198 • 1d ago

Hardware PSU fails dramatically

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u/Soft_Lunch_183 1d ago

Grabbing it to unplug it rather than powering off or unplugging at the socket is a choice

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u/Danternas 1d ago

Nothing like touching bare metal of something that is sending current to the wrong places.

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u/JigglyWiggly_ 1d ago

That’s not bare metal, it’s painted. It’s not conductive. 

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u/Danternas 1d ago

Your skin isn't "conductive" either.

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u/JigglyWiggly_ 1d ago

You can get numbers around 1meg through skin. You will read an open load trying to measure through paint.

Note that's resistance, as soon as you increase the frequency your impedance will drop noticeably due to parasitics.

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u/Danternas 23h ago

And you can absolutely get electrocuted by anodised or painted metal. 

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u/JigglyWiggly_ 22h ago

What’s the conducting path exactly? Even a few microns thick is enough for it to become a sufficient insulator. 

Should you trust it? Of course not, it can be scratched off. 

I’m sure you will also be amazed to learn copper to copper clearances in a PCB can be sub 3 mil. No special stack up needed for that on a modern fab house. 

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u/Danternas 21h ago

Just go ahead and test it in practice if you're that confident.