Lighting in 12V Molex

[dialgarocksful]

Is it safe to say that a certain molex plug (or power supply) is still good if my LED wire burned? I forgot to use an electrical tape while installing the lighting and the wires burned along the LED but did not reached the molex wire

 

I am currently using the PSU as I am doing this query

[SLAYR]

Just now, dialgarocksful said:

Is it safe to say that a certain molex plug (or power supply) is still good if my LED wire burned? I forgot to use an electrical tape while installing the lighting and the wires burned along the LED but did not reached the molex wire

 

I am currently using the PSU as I am doing this query

if it still supplies to correct voltages then it should be fine, make sure the molex wires don't have damage to them though. 

[dialgarocksful]

2 minutes ago, SLAYR said:

if it still supplies to correct voltages then it should be fine, make sure the molex wires don't have damage to them though. 

it didn't reached the molex. the burnout was only less than an inch. any particular software that gives psu voltage?

[SLAYR]

Just now, dialgarocksful said:

it didn't reached the molex. the burnout was only less than an inch. any particular software that gives psu voltage?

hwmonitor may show the voltages for the 12V, 5V, and 3.3V rails, but a handheld multimeter would be more accurate.

 

[dialgarocksful]

4 minutes ago, SLAYR said:

hwmonitor may show the voltages for the 12V, 5V, and 3.3V rails, but a handheld multimeter would be more accurate

seems weird. +5V gives me a max of 3.387 and +12V 7.92

[SLAYR]

Just now, dialgarocksful said:

seems weird. +5V gives me a max of 3.387 and +12V 7.92

Yeah if you are using the software based readings they are usually not really reliable as measuring the voltages directly, and to test the molex you could try to plug a fan in or some other molex device in and see if it works.

[dialgarocksful]

1 minute ago, SLAYR said:

Yeah if you are using the software based readings they are usually not really reliable as measuring the voltages directly, and to test the molex you could try to plug a fan in or some other molex device in and see if it works.

tried connecting a fan, still works. so safe to say it's still fine?

[SLAYR]

Just now, dialgarocksful said:

tried connecting a fan, still works. so safe to say it's still fine?

Yeah it should be fine it then, just you probably don't want to use the leds again or they might burn again, or look for ones with less wattage.

[dialgarocksful]

1 minute ago, SLAYR said:

Yeah it should be fine it then, just you probably don't want to use the leds again or they might burn again, or look for ones with less wattage.

It's more on the cheap side of LED. 3-pack whites costs roughly $0.50. I just forgot to separate the 12V and the ground by using an electrical tape. I'll replace it by tomorrow