Shorting Out PSU!!!! - Will it work [The Ultimate Truth]

[yasirjamal]

Shorting Out PSU!!!! - Will it work [The Ultimate Truth]
DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!!

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Salam to All PG Members,

I know most people are afraid of the so called Myth or know from ur "Research" that by shorting out the PSU voltages WILL damage your Hardware of Burnt your GPU HDDs and other expensive hardware in your rig that's what the professionals said , Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Well by reading the title you might have understood what is that I'm trying to find out here. Yes its right shorting out the my PSU voltages. I would be shorting out the most High Power current(+12V) and see how it ends, just want you guys to tell what do you think by your skills, knowledge and "research".

Here is I'm going to do with my PSU. I'll grab the GPU connector having Black and Yellow wires keeping all my hardware i.e hdds motherboard etc attached and short out the wires

Black is for Ground
Yellow is for +12V.

The QUESTION is
If i mix attach/mix both the wires and check whether or not it would burnt any of my hardware. Will it ???

Feel free to Either say Yes or No or anything else, any diplomatic answer would work too :wink2:
I'll promise you guys i'll will end this question once and for all.

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[EasyLover]

Do you experiment on two categories of PSU. One Excellent one with every sort of protection and one real cheap one. If there is a short on secondary of the PSU, higher voltages can go to the PC Hardware which may not have tolerance for such voltage range and can be fried. Now, we have three main components on +12V rail. Motherboard, CPU, and Graphics Card(s). All of them are at risk of burning with high voltage. Ohhhh, also there is a difference between over voltage and over current.

Very interesting study you are gonna to do but let's make it standardize. Of course this would cost you Watch this video, though old, but would suffice to my point. Good luck with the experiment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP8nFQYQW34

 

[yasirjamal]

Do you experiment on two categories of PSU. One Excellent one with every sort of protection and one real cheap one. If there is a short on secondary of the PSU, higher voltages can go to the PC Hardware which may not have tolerance for such voltage range and can be fried. Now, we have three main components on +12V rail. Motherboard, CPU, and Graphics Card(s). All of them are at risk of burning with high voltage. Ohhhh, also there is a difference between over voltage and over current.

Very interesting study you are gonna to do but let's make it standardize. Of course this would cost you Watch this video, though old, but would suffice to my point. Good luck with the experiment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP8nFQYQW34

So indirectly ur saying I might end up with bunch of hardware with me ;-0
Well testing it on a cheaper one doesn't make sense IMO bcoz i think guys are fully aware of the opportunity cost in both and whoever bought that cheaper one has a reason purchasing it .
How about testing it on
Core i3 Installed with couple of dimms on P7P55D Motherboard with 2HDD and also CM Seidom 120V.
PSU : Corsair CX430 . Fair enough for the testing hoto: what u say

Over voltage and over current would be in case if system is running you're squeezing it to limits like in that video.
What I'm going to do is to combine the black (ground) with the yellow(+12v) and then will try to turn on the system :giveup:
Wish me Good Luck

 

[EasyLover]

So indirectly ur saying I might end up with bunch of hardware with me ;-0
Well testing it on a cheaper one doesn't make sense IMO bcoz i think guys are fully aware of the opportunity cost in both and whoever bought that cheaper one has a reason purchasing it .
How about testing it on
Core i3 Installed with couple of dimms on P7P55D Motherboard with 2HDD and also CM Seidom 120V.
PSU : Corsair CX430 . Fair enough for the testing hoto: what u say

Over voltage and over current would be in case if system is running you're squeezing it to limits like in that video.
What I'm going to do is to combine the black (ground) with the yellow(+12v) and then will try to turn on the system :giveup:
Wish me Good Luck

CX 430 it is then. Though not that good but not that bad either. All the best! Waiting for results

 

[shahzadfootball]

It''s going to be grounded/earthed right ? My vote depends on this simple question

 

[yasirjamal]

It''s going to be grounded/earthed right ? My vote depends on this simple question

Yup ...........
Somthing like this

 

[rafay22]

Best hy... its gonna cost you.

 

[yasirjamal]

Best hy... its gonna cost you.

I WILL try that for sure. Lot better than just theories :2cool:

 

[Dark Sith]

I wonder.what's the point here.

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[yasirjamal]

I wonder.what's the point here.

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CHANGING PRECEPTIONS

But for now consider this as Ghetto Experiment (w)

Will it burn any of the hardware? or
Will it work just as normal ?

What do you say ?

 

[mave3]

i have been using so many stuff with another supply plugged in.....shorted the cables..
to keep it on..
nothing ever happened at my end.
was using 12 120MMM fans..
so no issues at all..
it depends how will u have made the connection and they psu is grounded..
there shouldnt be any issue at all !!!!!

 

[junejo]

just for info
we have 2 power connections (lines) with different timings of loadshedding one goes out other one comes in..
so few months ago i was playing gta v on my pc and elictricity went out (loadshedding) and other one came but it restarted my pc usually it keeps running have 3 relays in our home and then here goes boom dhuzz thkk thkk thusssssss.my psu busted. i was like wth? i rushed switched off the system and pulled out cpu that blow released burnt smell all over my room.
i have gts 450 gpu running at under rated 380 watts psu (local one)..
then i borrowed 450 watts c tech psu to test whether any hardware was damaged now i swaped psu and again dhuzz thk thkk thussss it blew out too phusss..then i went to my friends hardware shop to check other psu's and well pc started normally.
sorted out it was the other line that blewed my power supplies couple of lights and savers and a electric heater.
that line's ground cable from transformer was faulty was supplying >390v current..
so psu did no damage to my pc but that power line did alot damage in other houses too.

 

[Ahmed Zamir]

I think the circuit breaker (if any) in your house's main electrical switch board will fall down. I tried the same thing with an extension power cord. Nothing happened to any accessory only the circuit felt down. If you haven't installed circuit breakers at your home, I would recommend you not to try this at home

 

[junejo]

I think the circuit breaker (if any) in your house's main electrical switch board will fall down. I tried the same thing with an extension power cord. Nothing happened to any accessory only the circuit felt down. If you haven't installed circuit breakers at your home, I would recommend you not to try this at home

I have circuit breaker in our home but Dont know why Circuit didn't cut the power.

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[Ahmed Zamir]

I have circuit breaker in our home but Dont know why Circuit didn't cut the power.

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So then what happened if circuit breaker didn't break?

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[junejo]

So then what happened if circuit breaker didn't break?

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Over voltage.

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[haroonshaikh]

I have shorted several PSU's (But at that time they were being used to power some other equipments such as motors, etc) Nothing actually happens, it just trips. Disconnect the main and reconnect it in some seconds, it starts back on. (Even the local chinese ones have over current protection and short protection, You short anything it trips, you draw over current from it, it trips)
Dont really know if its connected to the other hardware, what will happen. But i am quite sure nothing will happen.