r/pcmasterrace • u/Front_Cookie_1198 • 1d ago

Hardware PSU fails dramatically

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u/Atuday 23h ago

Gotta say, great reaction time. Personally I'd have gone for circuit breaker and fire extinguisher. Safer option. But I've had that drilled into me and never had to put the training into practice so I can't say for certain if I would have done different.

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u/Ban-Circumcision-Now 22h ago

He could also have unplugged from the wall and not the end where the fire is

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u/muad_did 22h ago

In Europe, it's normal to have a row of sockets in front of the desk, with their switches and fuses/circuit breakers, to prevent a short circuit in one workstation from affecting the others. It seems very strange to me to test anything electronic with the socket under the desk...

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u/shawster 20h ago

Yeah, that's the way to do it. Surge protectors on the desk with switches that can be flipped to de-energize them.