Antec Earthwatts PSU--funny smell?

Dreamstalker

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• May 31, 2009

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No, this isn't about a funny smell while it's powered on; I went to install one last night and good grief did that thing stink when taken out of the box! Extremely strong plasticky/metallic smell. I was wondering if anyone else has encountered this with this particular PSU if they have one or have used one.

I've had the "new PSU" smell before, but this was excessive. Almost smelled like 2-part epoxy.

 

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nd4spdbh2

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• May 31, 2009

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lol what EA psu? i bought a 430watter from frys for 20 bucks back around xmas times and the outta the box smell was similar haha.

 

VinnyTAMU

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I have owned both the 430 and 380 watt models. I never noticed a funny smell.

 

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Dreamstalker said:

I was wondering if anyone else has encountered this with this particular PSU if they have one or have used one.

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Constantly. I review PSU's for a living. It's normal for most of them to smell at least a little bit.

 

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Oklahoma Wolf said:

Constantly. I review PSU's for a living. It's normal for most of them to smell at least a little bit.

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Both my HX520's did the same for 1 - 2 days along with my son's TX750. Every power supply I ever owned new had the electrical smell for a day or two. As long as you don't see smoke with it................

 

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I just got an Antec EW430 and I am letting it air out before I stick it in the classies. It smells.

 

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I love that smell!!

 

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mxthunder said:

I love that smell!!

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"It smells like..............like victory."

 

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This is my simple rule for telling if you got a problem or not.

If it smells funny "ha-ha", it is probably OK.
If it smells funny "EW", something probably crawled inside and died. Take it apart and clean it.
If it smells funny "uh-oh", get a new one.

 

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• Jun 18, 2009

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All powersupplies new as far as i know have a wierd smell. It will smell like that for at least a week too. Better vent your room. I dont know why they dont do something about the smell when the make powersupplies. I know they have ways to remove the smell, like vacuum pressure and stuff.

 

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Every time I open a new PC POWER COOLING unit I hold the vents up to my nose and just breeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeth it in!
That's just that wonderful smell of new electrical gear!

 

trents

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That's characteristic of the "Earthwatts" series. They are eco friendly and run off methane from cow pies.

 

A15G

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My EA430W smelt fresh out of 7eh box

 

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4GHZ_or_bust said:

This is my simple rule for telling if you got a problem or not.

If it smells funny "ha-ha", it is probably OK.
If it smells funny "EW", something probably crawled inside and died. Take it apart and clean it.
If it smells funny "uh-oh", get a new one.

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IIRC, according to folks at badcaps.net, if the PSU smells like fish, it's probably bad caps, literally.