Spilled beer on Power supply and it made crackle sound and rebooted.

Joke? Where?

A true story: Some time ago I sent some Bud Light to a laboratory in an unmarked container, to really find out what it contains.

Week and a half later I got an answer: "Your horse has diabetes."

Most important is not to take any unnecessary risks. A PSU must be handled "respectfully".

Lady Fitzgerald said:

tech24 said:

...Well next day I took it to work and opened it up and used compressed air can gently on power supply from inside blowing some dust out and cleaned it a bit with some cloth...

I'm glad you were able to get in and out of the PSU without mishap. Opening a PSU can be extremely dangerous due the potential for a possibly fatal discharge from the caps inside (while not common, people have actually died that way). If a PSU is suspect, it is much safer to just replace it. Your life is worth far more than any money you might save.

A PSU failure can take out computer components. Residual beer (or whatever someone may want to call it) may cause failure later rather than sooner. PSUs aren't cheap but, then, neither are the rest of your computer components.

Very well stated Lady Fitzgerald. I mentioned it but failed to mention the extent of the danger. While there were responses to this we did so in a joking manner, no one really explained the danger of PSU's. Edit..Kari did too, just noticed after looking again.

tech24 said:

Thanks guys again for replying. Even though is was working fine my gf expressed her concern with me getting a new PSU so that I don't end up damaging anything else just in case. Went out and replaced the 500 watt with a 600 watt (TR2). Going smooth. Thanks all. I have too much respect for the PSU to even mess with it anymore.

Gary said:

At least you have a better PSU and a backup now!

I'm thinking I might spill a beer now

Lol, this thread has made me laugh, not because of the bad luck of the OP, we all spill beer occasionally I am drinking one right now and it's well away from my PC. But some of the comments made me laugh, like what brand of beer was it

Good advice from Dude on not messing with a PSU, the capacitors in these things can be deadly.

And glad you got a new PSU, a wise move I think.


Paul.