Can a PSU kill you?

[Tigerbomb8]

What @Chipset said. A normally functioning PSU will not kill you a normally functioning you. Simple as that ;-)

(but if you wanted to, you could turn it into something lethal)

what would be the point. you would be better off stabbing them with main wires.

 

Anyway 1 amp across the heart will likely kill you. So lets say that the resistance of the flesh from the left hand to the right it around 3KOhms, that would mean at 12 volts you would only have 0.004 amp running through you.

that is barely enough for you to fell it.

[Tr3vor]

If you poke around inside the PSU where it converts the AC to DC, its possible, but as far as what your 24 pin supplies and all that, no it will not. Without the proper voltage, your PSU's 70 or whatever amps won't hurt you.

[KaareKanin]

what would be the point. you would be better off stabbing them with main wires.

That was my point, it takes some effort, although I'll admit I didn't make it to clear. If a Bond villain were to electrocute Bond to death, they would use an ATX PSU :-P

Anyway 1 amp across the heart will likely kill you. So lets say that the resistance of the flesh from the left hand to the right it around 3KOhms, that would mean at 12 volts you would only have 0.004 amp running through you.

that is barely enough for you to fell it.

I would say that one way to do a little testing on you own hand is to take one of those 9V batteries and touch one pole with your thumb and the other with your index finger. It's only 3V less, but it's a lot shorter distance and thus less resistance, I would guess you would feel that one better than 12v from one hand to another, and from experience, you won't feel the 9v at all...

[Lamb]

Yes I heard something like this on the news not to long ago. Someone was taking apart a power supply and killed himself.