Zalman Fan Controller Catches Fire

[Hitman]

I will have to wait til tonight. I am afraid my PSU might be toast, because some of those wires were affected by the fire.

[Reloadron]

Originally Posted by Hitman

I will have to wait til tonight. I am afraid my PSU might be toast, because some of those wires were affected by the fire.

Depending on the PSU it (in theory) should have survived. What happened was the 12 Volt rail (bus) supplying those connectors should have went overcurrent. At that point in time the PSU should have shut down immediately. When you turned the system back on, again the PSU was driving into a short (excessive load) but the allowable current delivered adequate to start the wires burning but not exceed a shutdown level.

This is where a good PSU should want desperately to survive and its internal protection should take over.

Let us (me) know where this goes as I am really curious.

Ron

[oldman_gamer]

Thats some crazy chit.Hope everything else survived the electo-attack monster.Good luck!

[Badluck Inc]

Heck of a way to start the day. Hope everything else is ok.

[One4yu2c]

And if I may, let me pray, that your PSU's functionality doth stay.

[drew and not u]

And, I dare say, perhaps you should weigh, more precisely the way, you let your components stay.

[RA1D]

in the case, they safely lay, filling each and every bay, all stay on so for that - hooray!

[Parker]

Wow, you guys sound gay, I don't think I want to stay, but anyhow, I hope your PSU turns out ok - Woopdi-day!

[Hitman]

First let me say, thank you for brighting up my day. You have made me feel cheerful and gay, but not in a Dave way.

So I replaced the wires that got BBQ this morning, checked all the other wires that were touching them during the melt down, and put electrical tape around the wires that looked damaged. No other wires were exposed so electrical tape should shield the damaged installation. Put everything back together and she fired right up.

I am not even going to bother contacting Zalman about this because I am sure it wasn't their fault. The fan controller still works, the wires that melted did not come with the unit, and the whole thing was my fault in the first place. Contacting them would be pointless.

[Reloadron]

Good deal and glad everything worked for you.

Ron