I just bought a fanless PSU with a 82% effectivity. After 1 hour of use the
PSU get's really hot, so hot that it beginns to smell burned electricty.
I got the support to fan my case good. I do that even I got watercooling for
all my parts ecept the PSU.
But the main is that the heat is in the internal parts of the PSU so it
doesn't matter how low the temp in the case is, it's an interal heat problem
and you can not fan that away.
So now even after 20 min of use when the PSU isn't that hot it smells little
and I also get irritations in my eyes and throat. So I wonder if this is
dangerous?
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Yes, it is dangerous! Anything that burns
can emit toxic fumes that will cause injury.
I suggest you contact the manufacturer of
your "fanless psu" for assistance.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
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"Nicoliani ™" wrote:

| I just bought a fanless PSU with a 82% effectivity. After 1 hour of use the
| PSU get's really hot, so hot that it beginns to smell burned electricty.
| I got the support to fan my case good. I do that even I got watercooling for
| all my parts ecept the PSU.
| But the main is that the heat is in the internal parts of the PSU so it
| doesn't matter how low the temp in the case is, it's an interal heat problem
| and you can not fan that away.
| So now even after 20 min of use when the PSU isn't that hot it smells little
| and I also get irritations in my eyes and throat. So I wonder if this is
| dangerous?
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You might want to check that there are no 'spare' power cables in close
proximity to any of the heatsinks..

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MVP - Windows Shell/User


"Nicoliani T" <Nicoliani@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4E73F8A6-E999-4E6E-804C-52DDDC609981@microsoft.com...
>I just bought a fanless PSU with a 82% effectivity. After 1 hour of use the
> PSU get's really hot, so hot that it beginns to smell burned electricty.
> I got the support to fan my case good. I do that even I got watercooling
> for
> all my parts ecept the PSU.
> But the main is that the heat is in the internal parts of the PSU so it
> doesn't matter how low the temp in the case is, it's an interal heat
> problem
> and you can not fan that away.
> So now even after 20 min of use when the PSU isn't that hot it smells
> little
> and I also get irritations in my eyes and throat. So I wonder if this is
> dangerous?
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No there is nothing in the way of the heatsink.
I have checked forums for this kind of problemes and yes the elecrtic smell
is a problem. So this isn't a rare incident.
I don't know if the smell is something that is gonna go away after some
while and how the big dangour is to get permament health injury, if it's so
hazardous.
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"Mike Hall (MS-MVP)" wrote:

> You might want to check that there are no 'spare' power cables in close
> proximity to any of the heatsinks..
>
> --
> Mike Hall
> MVP - Windows Shell/User
>
>
> "Nicoliani T" <Nicoliani@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4E73F8A6-E999-4E6E-804C-52DDDC609981@microsoft.com...
> >I just bought a fanless PSU with a 82% effectivity. After 1 hour of use the
> > PSU get's really hot, so hot that it beginns to smell burned electricty.
> > I got the support to fan my case good. I do that even I got watercooling
> > for
> > all my parts ecept the PSU.
> > But the main is that the heat is in the internal parts of the PSU so it
> > doesn't matter how low the temp in the case is, it's an interal heat
> > problem
> > and you can not fan that away.
> > So now even after 20 min of use when the PSU isn't that hot it smells
> > little
> > and I also get irritations in my eyes and throat. So I wonder if this is
> > dangerous?
> > --
> > ---------------------------------------
> > http://www.fast-rewind.com
> > ---------------------------------------
> >
>
>
>