On Wed, 26 Mar 2003, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 08:31:14PM -0800, Daniel Dent wrote: > > On Wed, 26 Mar 2003, Hugh Saunders wrote: > > > I have some spare psu bits (including fan) do you recon its worth > > > replacing the fan? or just stick an alternative psu? > > Well, in theory its a bad idea to open up a PSU, what with > > the capacitors that can store lethal amounts of energy... > If you leave it for a few hours after disconnecting the power, you > should be safe. The power supply should have resistors to discharge the > capacitors when they're switched off.
Other methods include shorting the capacitors with a screwdriver. This is slightly crude however, and can result in the screwdriver being fused to the capacitor :). There are more elegant devices with resistors in them designed for discharging capacitors. I've never heard of PSUs having discharging circuits built in, though it would seem sensible. -- |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | Daniel Dent [EMAIL PROTECTED] If it ain't broke, tweak it! | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | OMEGASPHERE DOMAIN REGISTRATION SERVICES | | 10 page website, email forwarding, URL forwarding, DNS, & more. | | $10.95 USD/year. http://www.omegasphere.net/ | |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
