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Safe to keep jumped ps on?
I used the paperclip trick with an old ps to power up a fan. Is it safe to leave on for long periods of time?
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I used the paperclip trick with an old ps to power up a fan. Is it safe to leave on for long periods of time?


Nope because there is no load for the power to be drawn and from my understanding this could blow the capacitors thus tripping your breaker panel in the house
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Nope because there is no load for the power to be drawn and from my understanding this could blow the capacitors thus tripping your breaker panel in the house


so theoretically if i had a bigger load, then itd be?
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so theoretically if i had a bigger load, then itd be?
well theoretically speaking yes but may l ask why u are doing this
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