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Tom’s Hardware
Tom’s Hardware
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Aaron Klotz

Redditor finds heavy block of iron shavings inside cheap PSU, also appears to lack safety protections

Power Supply With Iron Block Inside.

In general, you shouldn't open your power supply if you don't know what to expect inside. But RedditCringe990 on the PCMR subreddit did, and found a power supplies that appears to be dangerous, if not low quality. The Equites T500 has all  of the traits of a low-quality power supply (like no over-current protection), but this particular unit also came with an object housed inside.

Upon inspection, the Reddit poster found a huge block of iron inside of the PSU securely installed next to the capacitors. Even though it was attached inside the unit, the iron block has no functional purpose. None of the other electrical components had any wiring or direct connection to the iron block in any form or shape.

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