Question on the PSU to socket cable.

[MachP]

What were to happen if I were to accidentally swap the cord between two different units?

[Dedayog]

6 minutes ago, MachP said:

What were to happen if I were to accidentally swap the cord between two different units?

99.99% nothing.  I have a box of cables I use willy nilly.  Unless your PSU calls for a different gauge of cable, they're all pretty standard.

 

What PSU's are you swapping between?

[MachP]

  

5 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

99.99% nothing.  I have a box of cables I use willy nilly.  Unless your PSU calls for a different gauge of cable, they're all pretty standard.

 

What PSU's are you swapping between?

 

Gigabyte G750h 750w and Leadex III Gold 850w

[GoldenLag]

18 minutes ago, MachP said:

What were to happen if I were to accidentally swap the cord between two different units?

swapping the same EPS cable between PSUs?

 

Everything from nothing, to killing things. Only the motherboard side of the cable is standard, the PSU SIDE IS NOT. 

 

swapping cables between PSUs is a BIG NO NO unless you are 100% sure they are exactly the same. Cuz otherwise dont be suprised if you kill things. 

 

11 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

nless your PSU calls for a different gauge of cable, they're all pretty standard.

unless im reading this post entirely wrong. PSU SIDE OF CABLES IS NOT STANDARD AT ALL. 

 

shuffling cables between PSUs without being 100% sure is one way to kill things. 

 

edit: appears i still havent learned the ancient art of reading, my bad

[Kid.Lazer]

1 minute ago, GoldenLag said:

swapping the same EPS cable between PSUs?

 

Everything from nothing, to killing things. Only the motherboard side of the cable is standard, the PSU SIDE IS NOT. 

 

swapping cables between PSUs is a BIG NO NO unless you are 100% sure they are exactly the same. Cuz otherwise dont be suprised if you kill things. 

 

unless im reading this post entirely wrong. PSU SIDE OF CABLES IS NOT STANDARD AT ALL. 

 

shuffling cables between PSUs without being 100% sure is one way to kill things. 

I'm pretty sure he means the power input cable, but some clarification would certainly help.

[GoldenLag]

1 minute ago, Kid.Lazer said:

I'm pretty sure he means the power input cable, but some clarification would certainly help.

yeah, im missreading posts again. My bad.

[Dedayog]

4 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

swapping the same EPS cable between PSUs?

 

Everything from nothing, to killing things. Only the motherboard side of the cable is standard, the PSU SIDE IS NOT. 

 

swapping cables between PSUs is a BIG NO NO unless you are 100% sure they are exactly the same. Cuz otherwise dont be suprised if you kill things. 

 

unless im reading this post entirely wrong. PSU SIDE OF CABLES IS NOT STANDARD AT ALL. 

 

shuffling cables between PSUs without being 100% sure is one way to kill things. 

The cable between the wall and the PSU?  The electrical cable that is identical pretty much with PSU's, monitors, printers, refrigerators, etc?  Different gauges is all.  

 

I guess then for the past 30 years I've gotten lucky.

 

Edit:  Gotcha, all good

 

[GoldenLag]

19 minutes ago, MachP said:

What were to happen if I were to accidentally swap the cord between two different units?

from wall to PSU its practically the same. 

 

unless you are changing between huge wattage differences, its gonna be fine. 

[MachP]

5 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

from wall to PSU its practically the same. 

 

unless you are changing between huge wattage differences, its gonna be fine. 

so a 750w to 850w won't change much?

[tkitch]

6 minutes ago, MachP said:

so a 750w to 850w won't change much?

won't change annything

 

[GoldenLag]

6 minutes ago, MachP said:

so a 750w to 850w won't change much?

really wont change much. 

[Dedayog]

5 minutes ago, MachP said:

so a 750w to 850w won't change much?

No, the 750's cable should be completely fine handling the needs of the 850w.  Remember that the PSU is only pulling what it needs from the wall.  You're not suddenly going from 750 to 850w on that cable.  You're still using only the same 450w (for example) you were using before, which is way below the max of the cable.

[MachP]

2 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

No, the 750's cable should be completely fine handling the needs of the 850w.  Remember that the PSU is only pulling what it needs from the wall.  You're not suddenly going from 750 to 850w on that cable.  You're still using only the same 450w (for example) you were using before, which is way below the max of the cable.

I see. That's great to know. Also I found a youtube vid of a guy unboxing his Super Flower PSU from NA/SA and his cord is the same as mine so I guess I was worrying over nothing lol

[akio123008]

2 hours ago, Dedayog said:

No, the 750's cable should be completely fine handling the needs of the 850w.  Remember that the PSU is only pulling what it needs from the wall.  You're not suddenly going from 750 to 850w on that cable.  You're still using only the same 450w (for example) you were using before, which is way below the max of the cable.

Also the wire gauge used is pretty much the same on all models. 

 

A 250W supply will come with the exact same 10A cable as a 1000W supply.

 

(and even if it came with a lower rated cable even that would handle the current just fine, since those current ratings are very, very conservative, a "10A" power supply cable will handle 16A no problem. Heck even at 25A it'd still sit pretty comfortably, perhaps mildly warm. Should I point out this is not "official" advice and that it's not recommended to do any of those things?)