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From: Toolpackinmama on 11 Jan 2010 12:29
On 1/10/2010 2:17 PM, Dave C. wrote:

> To be clear, the engineers don't design the power supply to shut itself
> down when WET. They factor in normal electronics faults that might
> cause certain conditions like too much current or not enough voltage.
> And the protections are not really for the power supply itself, but for
> the connected components. And to protect connected components they
> design the power supply to fault to a powered OFF condition if all parts
> of the power supply are not operating as designed. It is coincidence
> that these protection circuits would be activated by water. -Dave

Well that was fluent and succinct Dave. Thanks. FWIW I have an Antec
PSU in there. One of the Earthwatts ones, I think a 550.

From: Toolpackinmama on 11 Jan 2010 12:35
On 1/11/2010 5:26 AM, SteveH wrote:

> I can't imagine anyone here (except maybe Skybuck!) would set up a hairdrier
> pointed into a PC and leave it running for any great length of time, but
> then again, I didn't believe anyone would dab a bit of water out of a PC and
> then immediately tun it on..

Yeah that is kind of incredible. LOL. And maybe I am living on
borrowed time, but for now it runs.
From: Kyle on 11 Jan 2010 13:19
On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:26:18 GMT, "SteveH"
<steve.houghREMOVE(a)THISblueyonder.co.uk> wrote:


>Who said anything about leaving it running. You just keep hold of it, and
>keep it moving, so as not to heat up any one part for too long, and just for
>a few minutes (no longer than it would take to dry your hair).
>I can't imagine anyone here (except maybe Skybuck!) would set up a hairdrier
>pointed into a PC and leave it running for any great length of time, but
>then again, I didn't believe anyone would dab a bit of water out of a PC and
>then immediately tun it on..

Something similar happened to me but with another electronic device.
Of course I used the hairdrier and I waited a couple of days.

Everything worked but after few months the device was dead.

This is why I'm saying that after water comes in, you can kick
anythings out.

You'll go crazy going after an electronic component who met water. It
can work for a while, but it will be no more stable.

And, well, I think that a stable system is all the geeks want. I
assume we are all geeks and I don't consider the term negative.

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From: Dave C. on 11 Jan 2010 00:34

>
> Well that was fluent and succinct Dave. Thanks. FWIW I have an
> Antec PSU in there. One of the Earthwatts ones, I think a 550.
>


OH, maybe you have one of the earlier Seasonic-made units*. Those would
definitely be engineered correctly with all necessary protection
circuits. It's kind of a shame though if that's what got drenched.
Kind of like when you total your merc and wish you'd been driving the
chevy that day...-Dave

*The Earthwatts series used to be made by Seasonic, for Antec. Now the
Earthwatts are made by Delta (?) and the reviews I've read are not
good. But Seasonic is world-class quality, even if it's wearing an
Antec logo.
From: Toolpackinmama on 11 Jan 2010 21:27

> *The Earthwatts series used to be made by Seasonic, for Antec. Now the
> Earthwatts are made by Delta (?) and the reviews I've read are not
> good. But Seasonic is world-class quality, even if it's wearing an
> Antec logo.

Interesting. Dave where do you get such information?

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