I just accidentaly destroyed my Fortron Blue Storm II

[Per Hansson]

Re: I just accidentaly destroyed my Fortron Blue Storm II

PSUs are always grounded like this to save idiots like me, right? If not, then fuck, I will get shivers every time I think about how close I was to being possibly dead that day.

I just want to add one thing so you understand how lucky you where.
You lifted the PSU and first contacted ground THEN the live heatsink.

If it would have been the other way around, (live heatsink first) then the current would have gone through your body looking for a ground.
So if your feet where grounded it would go that way.
If your other hand was holding the chassis of the PSU it would have gone through your arms.
Just so you understand how serious this is...

[Sparkey55]

Re: I just accidentaly destroyed my Fortron Blue Storm II

When I was in the U.S. Army AIT Signal school for FEERC the fist thing the insructors taught us was to always remove rings, watches and dogtags from ourself before repairing electronics and also to keep one hand at all times in your pocket.

[stj]

Re: I just accidentaly destroyed my Fortron Blue Storm II

yea, he needed to add that you have to make sure haliburton didnt install the shower pumps!

[Behemot]

Re: I just accidentaly destroyed my Fortron Blue Storm II

I just want to add one thing so you understand how lucky you where.
You lifted the PSU and first contacted ground THEN the live heatsink.

If it would have been the other way around, (live heatsink first) then the current would have gone through your body looking for a ground.
So if your feet where grounded it would go that way.
If your other hand was holding the chassis of the PSU it would have gone through your arms.
Just so you understand how serious this is...

It should be obvious but just in case - there is heart on both these paths. If the voltage induced was AC than you have problem. If it is just DC potential it is not so serious, you would get some electrolysis in your vains and you would drop it. But with AC you get muscle spasm so you cannot let go of the thing you hold.

[TELVM]

Re: I just accidentaly destroyed my Fortron Blue Storm II

When I was in the U.S. Army AIT Signal school for FEERC the fist thing the insructors taught us was to always remove rings, watches and dogtags from ourself before repairing electronics and also to keep one hand at all times in your pocket.

And with good reason.

Warning, gore inside:

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[isabis]

Re: I just accidentaly destroyed my Fortron Blue Storm II

Start with checking the fuse and input rectifier, the heatsinks are grounded to rectified ground which may still be on different potential than the earth ground. Otherwise the silicon in FSP PSUs is for many years in fully insulated TO-220F packages so no other silicon should be affected.

The 100uF cap on the auxiliary rail from stand-by supply is gone too. If you want I have D8 caps just for these units as they are still quite common and known to go bad because of bad custom crapacitors so I can supply you.

Thank you for offering to help me, but as I said up there, I gave it to the repair store.

Yes, they are... but the question is, does your house have proper grounding? Because if not, then the case can become live without tripping anything. Modern electric codes in most countries now require a safety ground on each outlet. However, there are still plenty of old houses in many parts of the world that don't have grounded outlets, including here in the US. As a matter of fact, I lived in one like that while in college. The thing is, I had hardwood floors everywhere and the house was sitting a few feet from the ground, so I could touch live wires all day and not get shocked . Just keep away from sinks, pipes, faucets, coaxial cables, and other (possibly) grounded objects.

The fuse in my house burned when this happened, so that would mean the grounding is alright?

I just want to add one thing so you understand how lucky you where.
You lifted the PSU and first contacted ground THEN the live heatsink.

If it would have been the other way around, (live heatsink first) then the current would have gone through your body looking for a ground.
So if your feet where grounded it would go that way.
If your other hand was holding the chassis of the PSU it would have gone through your arms.
Just so you understand how serious this is...

Thanks, I will for sure think about this next few nights before I go to sleep, I was holding the cap with both of my arms.

[stj]

Re: I just accidentaly destroyed my Fortron Blue Storm II

get an extension cable, cut it in half and put an earth-leakage breaker inline.

[berniedd]

Re: I just accidentaly destroyed my Fortron Blue Storm II

Just for the record, the PSU housing is not only for protection against accidental touching of live wires but also to direct the airflow properly so it goes over the heat sinks and other hot components. Removing the sheet metal changes the airflow pattern and can overheat things.