Posted on 07/31/2007 12:46:10 PM PDT by Pistolshot
A 20-year-old student in Shanghai, China, was electrocuted Monday when he opened his computer's external case while the machine was still on, the Shanghai Daily reported.
The man, identified only by the common family name of Wu, had apparently opened his PC's case to prevent its central processing chip from overheating — because he didn't want to turn his air conditioning on. His sweaty legs came into contact with the computer's internal wiring, likely causing a short circuit.
According to the newspaper, which drew from a report in the Chinese-language Eastday.com, police and medical respondents found blood in the dead man's nostrils and bruises on his legs. The computer's internal voltage can reach as high as 380 volts in power-storage capacitors, which is enough to give a deadly shock. Powering down and unplugging the machine for a few minutes before opening it would have spared the man's life.
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Computer power supplies generally have their own enclosures within the overall computer case. They have their own fans and the connectors to PCBs and drives have safe voltage levels. They are also usually fused. Processor chips are not inside the power supplies. I don’t know why any dangerous voltages would be exposed if he had the cover off. UL TUV CE would all be exposed to big lawsuits if they let something like this through.
I’m assuming it was a cheap Chinese version of a computer that didn’t bother with a separate enclosure for the power supply. I would say the elegibility for the Darwin may be debatable.
Well at least they can look at Vistas.
And who caused global warming?
That's right. George Bush!
Well, that kinda goes without saying....
Ping
LOL.
Now thats funny.
Wrong sick twisted
But funny.
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