I have recently closed a ticket on a blown fuse on 5-month-old Liberty 620 power supply. I have since replaced the fuse supplied by Enermax, plugged the power supply in before installing into the system and the unit literally caught fire.
I have been a repair technician for 20 years and this is the first time I have ever seen a fuse fail to blow causing the circuit to catch fire. This is absurd, having spent over $160.00 for this supply less than 6 months ago and failing in this manner. I refuse to spend any more time or money on this unit as it has already cost me my time and services for my customers’ sake.
Do not mistake this for a rant, I have been in the business far too long to know when someone is just ranting about a bad product.
If anyone else has had this nightmare occur, it really needs to get around to more sites.
Enermax Liberty 620 Fires
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So what was the short that caused the original fuse to blow?phynigan wrote:The original blew and the Enermax replacement did not causing the fire.
I've remember in the old AT days how a mis-wired power switch caused all the caps in the power supply to blow. Made a lot noise, flash, and smoke. Fortunately the PSU didn't catch fire and everything in the case (except for the PSU) were perfectly fine.