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Recycle Bad EVGA PSU

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satriani5902

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Good Morning, my question is where should I recycle my bad PSU? I know one option is Best Buy, but perhaps others know more? Wouldn't be bad if I could get a few bucks of scrap out of it :)

Thanks!

Josh
 
If you want to make any money, you could stick it up on eBay on an as-is for parts/repair auction.

Other than that, you could start a scrap metal pile... pull the casing off, save the fans, and trash the rest.
 
Sell it on eBay "as-is" for just the parts, give it to someone who who has no money but who knows how to solder, or risk your life and try to fix it (I'm serious about the risk -- lots of parts with potentially lethal 340 volts exposed).
 
larrymoencurly said:
Sell it on eBay "as-is" for just the parts, give it to someone who who has no money but who knows how to solder, or risk your life and try to fix it (I'm serious about the risk -- lots of parts with potentially lethal 340 volts exposed).
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As long as it has been unplugged for a while, the caps should have already discharged. I have taken apart at least 100 old computer power supplies over the years to salvage fans and sometimes wire. I have even recapped a few.

Not once have I ever received any sort of shock.

If you really want to be sure, just use a PSU tester and hit the on button.. or short the two wires together on the 20/24 pin plug that make the power supply come on.

Now the caps in camera flashes... those are not nice. Even a point and shoot flash cap can give you nice black burn marks and scare the snot out of you.
 
cyclone3d said:
As long as it has been unplugged for a while, the caps should have already discharged. I have taken apart at least 100 old computer power supplies over the years to salvage fans and sometimes wire. I have even recapped a few.

Not once have I ever received any sort of shock.

If you really want to be sure, just use a PSU tester and hit the on button.. or short the two wires together on the 20/24 pin plug that make the power supply come on.

Now the caps in camera flashes... those are not nice. Even a point and shoot flash cap can give you nice black burn marks and scare the snot out of you.
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I worry mostly about people working on the PSU and then plugging it into an ungrounded AC outlet or plugging it in without the cover completely screwed in place. One of the big heatsinks may be connected to high voltage -- by design, or a big capacitor could rupture. A lot of people are misinformed and hear things like, "it's not the voltage but the current that can kill you" and get the wrong idea.
 
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