Rossi, I wish I had read your RED post before playing with PSUs for my Mac Pro build. I got juiced two times - because I wasn't smart enough to stop after the first time. Just because you plug it in and don't hear a sound, doesn't mean that thing isn't cooking.
Hi spence4,*
** * * * * * * *Yes it is certainly the silent killer, and is like handling a loaded gun with no safety and one mistake can be fatal.
Insulating the high voltage from any metal parts is critical as is the earth so it can carry any residual current away back to earth and*hopefully*throw out the circuit breaker.
I am glad you only got a zap and are still hear to tell your story, I *also respect your honesty in admitting your mistake and putting it in this post so as to warn other modder's as to it's danger.
Cheer's
Rossi.
Posted from my G4 Cube running Mac 10.4.11