Falcon 030 110V PSU (exploded ;))

mikro · Post by **mikro** » 10 Jul 2018 08:30

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The state after accidentally putting it into a 230V network...

troed · Post by **troed** » 10 Jul 2018 09:27

It's good to open up the caps every now and then so they can breathe.

Atarian Computing · Post by **Atarian Computing** » 10 Jul 2018 10:36

Henceforth you shall be known as Mikro, Destroyer of PSUs.

Post by **rubber_jonnie** » 10 Jul 2018 10:37

I worked as a field service engineer, repairing PCs in schools.

Unfortunately, a batch of PSUs were sent out from the supplier, with the switch set to 110v rather than 240v, but a sticker saying 240v was put over the top of the switch.

I had to visit a school and replace something like 40 PSU's that had all gone pop because somebody didn't do proper QA checks.

Some months later, I had to replace a PSU in a single machine in a university, but as it turned out, one of these faulty PSU's was still in the parts system, and it went off as I plugged in power, nearly giving me a heart attack!

mikro · Post by **mikro** » 10 Jul 2018 14:34

Atarian Computing wrote: 10 Jul 2018 10:36 Henceforth you shall be known as Mikro, Destroyer of PSUs.

To my defence I'm saying that two of the four PSUs have been repaired by me, one acknowledged by The PSU Master as faulty from production and this one, ermm... yes, this is hard to getaway with. ;)

Post by **PhilC** » 10 Jul 2018 17:55

Consider yourself initiated....

You've not done electronics until you've blown up at least one cap.

:D

Post by **exxos** » 10 Jul 2018 18:36

Forgottenmyname wrote: 10 Jul 2018 17:55 You've not done electronics until you've blown up at least one cap.

They used to call me demon of destruction during my technical training days ;)

ube · Post by **ube** » 12 Jul 2018 00:25

Could be worse. My old manager got fed up we didn't set up the test-dialer we've gotten from another office (in the US). So he plugged everything in and powered on. $25.000 down the drain since he forgot to check the voltage of the system.

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