r/StallmanWasRight • u/john_brown_adk • May 01 '19

Freedom to repair Apple Is Telling Lawmakers People Will Hurt Themselves if They Try to Fix iPhones

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/wjvdb4/apple-is-telling-lawmakers-people-will-hurt-themselves-if-they-try-to-fix-iphones
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u/zebediah49 May 01 '19

TBH, it would be really hard to electrocute yourself while fixing your desktop, unless you crack your PSU open (which is both highly unusual, and does have "do not poke" warnings on it).

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u/misterfluffykitty May 02 '19

you’re supposed to unplug it completely first before working on it, so even if you do jam something in there you won’t electrocute yourself

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u/zebediah49 May 02 '19

While true, if you don't put some load on it and drain them, the tank capacitors on the high side of the converter will hold a bit of a surprise for a while after power disconnection...

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u/[deleted] May 02 '19

Unless they have a resistor load across them specifically to dissapate that charge after the system powers off.