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Coolant spilt on PSU

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I spilt some coolant on my power supply while I was flushing the system. The PSU was on, but the system isn’t and it was only a little bit - but I heard some sizzling. Everything is off now what should I do.


Update: I turned the PSU back on and I don’t hear anymore fizzling - I assume it was just the coolant evaporating and now it’s evaporated? Can anyone give me tips? My coolant is “EK cyrofuel clear”

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That's a major yikes.

If it's a high-quality PSU with lots of safeties, then it should probably still be safe to use, but I'd wait a long time before using again to make sure the coolant is totally gone.

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Probably your psu is fine. can you see coolant everywhere?. I do not think that it evaporated.

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Wait for couple days for the coolent to dry.

or RMA the psu 

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3 minutes ago, RadiatingLight said:

That's a major yikes.

If it's a high-quality PSU with lots of safeties, then it should probably still be safe to use, but I'd wait a long time before using again to make sure the coolant is totally gone.

It’s platinum 1200W EVGA

 

4 minutes ago, SavageNeo said:

Probably your psu is fine. can you see coolant everywhere?. I do not think that it evaporated.

It wasn’t a lot, just a drizzle - but I can’t see any liquid no

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It was maybe as much that can fit into a bottle cap.

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