16-year-old killed by unplugged PSU while fixing family PC - Polidicks

[QUOTE=Chryseus;37984106][img]http://www.neon-dreams.org.uk/gallery_image/image/13/medium/screwdriver.jpg[/img] Real men use one of these.[/QUOTE] I did that on a disposable camera's capacitor once shit gives amazing sparks.

Oh man, this made me remember that my PSU's fans don't spin most of the time, and when they do, it only does so for 1 spin or something.

[QUOTE=Uesrname;37978849]I don't think the officer they interviewed knows all that much about PC's.[/QUOTE] officers know very little about everything, it's just that they love to pretend that what they know is best to scare the general population.

I generally hate the "some dumbass killed himself with it, its dangerous and should be feared!!" mentality of the general public. Look at nuclear power, some dumbasses completely violated some safety protocols and everything went batshit. I wonder when they will ban knives and tools and shit.

[QUOTE=Alcoholocaust;37984239]I generally hate the "some dumbass killed himself with it, its dangerous and should be feared!!" mentality of the general public. Look at nuclear power, some dumbasses completely violated some safety protocols and everything went batshit. I wonder when they will ban knives and tools and shit.[/QUOTE] Lack of education is the real problem, schools in the UK barely cover electricity and electronics.

Whenever you computer with computering stuff: [t]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VQJCIiiyY70/T6opgd9-HBI/AAAAAAAAIs8/h8WlyXxscpc/s1600/PullthePlug2.jpg[/t]

[QUOTE=lekkimsm;37984575]Whenever you computer with computering stuff: [t]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VQJCIiiyY70/T6opgd9-HBI/AAAAAAAAIs8/h8WlyXxscpc/s1600/PullthePlug2.jpg[/t][/QUOTE] [QUOTE]Further investigation revealed that the teen was working on a family computer, [U][B]which was unplugged at the time[/B][/U], police said.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=lekkimsm;37984575]Whenever you computer with computering stuff: [t]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VQJCIiiyY70/T6opgd9-HBI/AAAAAAAAIs8/h8WlyXxscpc/s1600/PullthePlug2.jpg[/t][/QUOTE] the kid got shocked while poking around a PSU. it wasn't plugged into anything that's kind of the whole point of this article

[QUOTE=Dori;37984596]the kid got shocked while poking around a PSU. it wasn't plugged into anything that's kind of the whole point of this article[/QUOTE] I think he's just being mean and saying that the kid worked with computers and was a nerd so he should "pull the plug" on himself.

[QUOTE=itisjuly;37984655]I think he's just being mean and saying that the kid worked with computers and was a nerd so he should "pull the plug" on himself.[/QUOTE] that's rude

[QUOTE=latin_geek;37983256]Ah man disposable cameras are the worst, in case someone hasn't had the pleasure of knowing one in person, [IMG]http://web.mit.edu/hchin/Public/activlab/images/d-camera2.jpg[/IMG] You see that big cylindery thing? That's a capacitor for the flash, it turns the measly 1.5v in a AA battery to a really short 300v discharge. That's 3 times a US wall socket, and it give you a fucking nasty burn if you fuck around inside a disposable camera and touch the terminals. I've done it once or twice and could barely move my fingers for a good 10 minutes after it.[/QUOTE] Ah, disposable cameras are pricks. But you can MacGyver them into a reusable electric match, so all is forgiven. [QUOTE=0lenny0;37983126]I often wear these now: [IMG_thumb]http://judaismandmedicine.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/ist2_158385-rubber-gloves.jpg[/IMG_thumb] I know that they don't conduct by eeuhm testing them out....[/QUOTE] Bah, get some [I]real[/I] protection. [IMG]http://cdn.fullsource.com/images/items/a/raw/158-4-18.jpg[/IMG] Lets you touch up to 36kV AC with impunity and look like a fucking dork.

[QUOTE=SPESSMEHREN;37978812][release] Power storage boxes are inexpensive to replace, Bradshaw said. "Why tear into it to replace it for $20? You're taking your life into your own hands," he said, adding it's a risk even he with all his experience won't take. Copyright 2012 KCTV (Meredith Corp.) All rights reserved.[/release] [/QUOTE] A $20 PSU is basically an IED.

[QUOTE=plokoon9619;37978839]Yes go pay professionals 200$ to screw stuff into slots, working on computers is way too dangerous unless you have a degree/certificate in it!!![/QUOTE] That's why I am spending five years studying IT Engineering so that I can finally build the pc of my dreams.

[QUOTE=Ownederd;37979282]this is equally scary: [img]http://bitwisecomputerrepair.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/exploded-cd-e1298690084324.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] I had this happen to me a few years ago - my drive sped up like crazy, and it just smashed my Warcraft III CD. Some parts of it managed to escape the drive, and ricocheted of the wall adjacent to my computer, and still some managed to hit the other wall again. Scary shit.

Thank fuck I built my PC without being a total idiot

Whenever I have to do something to a computer I unplug it and press the power button a couple of times, the fans spin a little and the charge is gone, not sure about if there is still some power in the PSU because I'm just not stupid enough to open one up...

[QUOTE=Xenocidebot;37984745]Ah, disposable cameras are pricks. But you can MacGyver them into a reusable electric match, so all is forgiven. Bah, get some [I]real[/I] protection. [IMG]http://cdn.fullsource.com/images/items/a/raw/158-4-18.jpg[/IMG] Lets you touch up to 36kV AC with impunity and look like a fucking dork.[/QUOTE] I want to fiddle with electronics, not toilet.

[QUOTE=digigamer17;37985208]Thank fuck I built my PC without being a total idiot[/QUOTE] Come on, not everyone knows that the PSU is dangerous as shit after you've unplugged it. And you can be a total idiot and still managing to build a PC, so there it is.

[QUOTE=GoDong-DK;37985308]Come on, not everyone knows that the PSU is dangerous as shit after you've unplugged it. And you can be a total idiot and still managing to build a PC, so there it is.[/QUOTE] Ah...

Reminds me how I took apart a PSU, without having any idea what I am doing. Luckily I didn't die. [editline]10th October 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=itisjuly;37985300]I want to fiddle with electronics, not toilet.[/QUOTE] I think you should look up "electrical insulator ".

In the industry PSU's are field replaceable units. Meaning if they break we don't even try to mess with them. Just buy a new one and move on.

[QUOTE=Mudbone;37985434]In the industry PSU's are field replaceable units. Meaning if they break we don't even try to mess with them. Just buy a new one and move on.[/QUOTE] Aren't all computer components like that?

[QUOTE=Xenocidebot;37984745]Ah, disposable cameras are pricks. But you can MacGyver them into a reusable electric match, so all is forgiven. [/QUOTE] Reusable match? Lame people have weaponized disposable cameras into tazers and [URL="http://www.instructables.com/id/Disposable-camera-coilgun/"]frickin' coilguns.[/URL]

Guess I was lucky, in my practical training I disassembled nearly 50 psu's without gloves or other protection. Never got shocked, though.

[QUOTE=Red scout?;37982385]Too be fair, I have never seen a psu saying "May pose shocking hazard even when unplugged" or similar. If you dont know much, it's easy to assume its safe if its unplugged.[/QUOTE] Every single PSU I have seen had at least an electricity symbol and a don't unscrew symbol

This is why you don't cheap out on PSUs. Not only they can fry your parts, they can even kill you. All modern reputably PSUs have bleeder resistors that safely discharges the power supply once powered off.

This thread had made me fear my pc as much as I love it.

[QUOTE=latin_geek;37985582]Reusable match? Lame people have weaponized disposable cameras into tazers and [URL="http://www.instructables.com/id/Disposable-camera-coilgun/"]frickin' coilguns.[/URL][/QUOTE] No one has ever made a disposable camera "taser", and the coilgun requires a box of cameras, not one. Methinks you've been reading too much of the anarchist's cookbook. A disposable camera stun weapon doesn't stun. Nothing in a single disposable camera is sharp enough to penetrate skin and hit the fat or muscle layers, the voltage isn't high enough to negate that, and a taser operates via continuous AC pulses, not a momentary DC discharge. An incapacitating shock requires continuous DC discharge or an AC discharge into the muscle layer, not the instantaneous spike and falloff of a capacitor (or the even shorter pop if using the flash circuit). Extremely short shocks have no guarantee of even affecting a person, which is why all stun weapons are based on continuous current. They're not [I]that[/I] dangerous, you just got unlucky.

i was scared of touching the PSU when i was younger. (the computer generally)

[QUOTE=itisjuly;37985547]Aren't all computer components like that?[/QUOTE] Not always. cd and dvd drives have can be opened and fixed with some minor adjustments. I have also seen some people fix broken connection's on gfx cards.