[Wolves] Silly question maybe...

[Wayne Morris]

Kevanf1 wrote:

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>What I would like to do is take out the fans from a PSU.  Then move
>the PSU out of the PC box itself because of the heat.  I have an old
>PSU and I might just take out the fans and run it to see how long it
>lasts...
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I think you will find that the PSU won't blow up spectacularly, it will 
just turn off.
Switched Mode PSU are very popular because they (usually!)
1) Fail safe - they turn off the juice at the hint of a problem from the 
load
2) Protect themselves from problems.

Basically, they have temeprature (as well as current and voltage) 
sensors aboard, and you'll probably just find
it switches off as soon as it gets lukewarm. Then it will probably not 
restart automatically.
Do you want the pc to die halway thru a disc write?

Hey, buy one of those 'mini beer fridges' and put it in that ;-)