[mythtv-users] Getting OT - Backend PC Powersupply...is it broken?

Steve Gonnella sgonnell at isd.net
Thu Dec 4 04:30:01 UTC 2008


On Wed, 3 Dec 2008 21:02:46 -0700, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:

>The "PSU testers" sold for under $10 at consumer stores are worthless. They do 
>not put any load on the PS. I have seen several units that "tested" OK and 
>were in fact bad.

Agreed. They're junk. I've used the paperclip test on hundreds of
power supplies and can't remember a time when it failed me. There may
have been one or two but I don't recall any. It's good 99%+ of the
time. Like I said, quick and dirty (and cheap).


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