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4 minutes ago, 38034580 said:

If I were to touch the inside of my PC case, would I die of electrocution?

Which part of the inside? 

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If it's an exposed power supply that is being supplied by electricity from the wall when you touch it, it's highly probable you can. 

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No paperclip or metal objects into the power supply.

I'm not actually trying to be as grumpy as it seems.

I will find your mentions of Ikea or Gnome and I will /s post. 

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1 minute ago, 38034580 said:

All parts.

Nope, direct current inside does not kill you.

 

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11 minutes ago, 38034580 said:

If I were to touch the inside of my PC case, would I die of electrocution?

depends on how far you stick your finger in the PSU XD
in all seriousness, yes and no. If you need to change things, clean dust, whatever you mean by "touching" the inside of the case, then turn the computer off. Chances are you wouldn't get hurt or damage the pc anyways, but better safe than sorry. Just turn it off, pop the power cord out, do whatever you're doing and plug it back up. Now if you're wanting to stick a screwdriver in the PSU, yes that can hurt you bad or even kill you.

Overall just treat it like a car engine. Will you break it or die from touching the case it while it runs, probably not. But there's no reason to not be safe and just turn it off in case

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3 minutes ago, SpiderMan said:

If it's an exposed power supply that is being supplied by electricity from the wall when you touch it, it's highly probable you can. 

Actually the PSU doesn't have to be plugged in the Wall to Kill. Some High School Teen trying recover a Fan from a Dead PSU gotten kill by remaining charge. 

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3 minutes ago, whm1974 said:

Actually the PSU doesn't have to be plugged in the Wall to Kill. Some High School Teen trying recover a Fan from a Dead PSU gotten kill by remaining charge. 

true. Best practice is unplugging and holding the power button for a bit to cycle the energy out, but I'm thinking the OP isn't working with open PSU, just more generally worried about working inside a PC

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6 minutes ago, whm1974 said:

Actually the PSU doesn't have to be plugged in the Wall to Kill. Some High School Teen trying recover a Fan from a Dead PSU gotten kill by remaining charge. 

I was thinking that as I came back here haha. Yeah if there is any charge left over in the capacitors of the power supply when unplugged, definitely for sure too that way. 

 

1 minute ago, Jtalk4456 said:

true. Best practice is unplugging and holding the power button for a bit to cycle the energy out, but I'm thinking the OP isn't working with open PSU, just more generally worried about working inside a PC

I usually hold the power button down for about 5 seconds to remove any residual charge leftover. 

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There's a possibility to get killed inside your own room - by sticking a fork in a wall plug..

It's possible but unlikely.

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12 minutes ago, whm1974 said:

Some High School Teen trying recover a Fan from a Dead PSU gotten kill by remaining charge. 

Actually even that is pretty unlikely to happen. The capacitors in a power supply don't hold charge that well when the computer is unplugged. They discharge to far lower voltages in a few minutes.

 

The voltage supplied by the caps is also DC which is less harmful. Especially if you live in North America the voltage on those capacitors isn't that high to begin with.

 

Nonetheless it's good to be careful around these things.

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No. Good grief. 

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7 minutes ago, wat3rmelon_man2 said:

If you just like touch the metal, or touch the back of the GPU or something, as long as your finger isn't wet it's just fine. Don't take apart your power supply and lick the caps though.

But they taste so yummy!~ XD

 

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most would detect something is wrong if you did, some has too little power but if you were able to get it through your body for a very long time it could be bad.

PSU and the wall is mainly the bigger power areas, would think both have some fuses to protect, either the wall protection or the PSU switching off. (hopefully a good PSU and house breakers). the PSU can hold some big loads that can be a bit explosive if not discharged, not something you would want to touch.

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1 minute ago, Tan3l6 said:

Theres a possibility to get killed inside your own room - by sticking a fork to a wall plug..

It's possible but unlikely.

Who is stupid enough to do that? There are childproof plastic cap you can plug into the socket to keep young childern out.

 

Oh wait the Young Woman I mentioned in another Post? Who even knows what a Druggie will do...

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9 minutes ago, whm1974 said:

Who is stupid enough to do that?

Well there are other options also besides an obvious fork.

Don't underestimate the stupidity when people are not paying attention to the right things.

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1 minute ago, Tan3l6 said:

Well there are other options also besides an obvious fork.

Don't underestimate the stupidity when people are not paying attention to the right things.

Especially with Druggies/Tweakers.

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37 minutes ago, whm1974 said:

Who is stupid enough to do that? There are childproof plastic cap you can plug into the socket to keep young childern out.

 

Oh wait the Young Woman I mentioned in another Post? Who even knows what a Druggie will do...

The same people who take apart / put their fingers inside a psu when they don't have the knowledge of basic electronics? 

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1 hour ago, Blue4130 said:

The same people who take apart / put their fingers inside a psu when they don't have the knowledge of basic electronics? 

Given that I knew better then to touch the insides of older CRTs TV and displays since I was a kid. I'm certainly not going to open up a PSU to get cheap Fan inside. Come on PC Fans don't cost that much to be worth your life.

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1 minute ago, Moonzy said:

Yes, u may get sliced by your casing and get infected leading to death

 

Anything is possible

Pessimistic logic today, I see.

 

 

Perhaps your HX1000 in Miney will explode today.

 

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27 minutes ago, FakeKGB said:

Pessimistic logic today, I see.

 

 

Perhaps your HX1000 in Miney will explode today.

 

Anything is possible

Getting your finger sliced because you put the part in some cheap ass Case is not unheard off. And the Finger can get infected.

 

I cut my finger on the Case with the Computer I built.

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