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Peltier fail

MatejAustria
By MatejAustria
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I tried out my Peltier Unit (only 6€) by connecting it to a Molex (red Peltier wire to yellow Molex wire and black Peltier wire to black Molex wire). It made a spark and the computer shut down. After a few seconds he started again and everything works.

Do I have to worry about something?

What did I do wrong (the Peltier is made for 12V, my PSU is from BeQuiet and is capable of delivering 730W)

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If it rebooted you don't have to worry about it ;)

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it is fine, as long as it turns on I cant see y any other dmg would occur 

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Sounds like a short.. If you can, try measuring the resistance on Peltier :)

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so what did I do wrong?

It was probably a jump of current across the connector, most modern PSU's have overcurrent protection so it probably tripped and shut off to save your system.

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It was probably a jump of current across the connector, most modern PSU's have overcurrent protection so it probably tripped and shut off to save your system.

could it damage my system?

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could it damage my system?

Not really, as long as your power supply shuts off with current spikes, you should be fine.

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so what did I do wrong?

Sounds like you connected a component to the PSU while it was powered on, you generally should avoid doing that.

I am rather sure that the peltier unit has been fried, I don't know how you should test this though.

 

If I vere you I would just be happy that the computer still works.

 

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