Grounding Question - PSU

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Hardline said:
I just bought and received a Tagan 480 watt PSU.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817811014

My question is about the grounding wire this PSU has. Can I ground
this to any screw within the case? Can I mount or screw this into
anything? Any help would be appreciated.
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Depends. If it is an ATX PSU, I'm surprised it has one as it is not
needed. If it is a non-ATX PSU, it is meant to be secured to the front
panel so that the 115 or 230 vac on the ON/OFF switch is grounded even
if the front panel is detached from the rest of the case. Attach it to
a screw on the front panel.
 
Hello,

I just bought and received a Tagan 480 watt PSU.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817811014

My question is about the grounding wire this PSU has. Can I ground
this to any screw within the case? Can I mount or screw this into
anything? Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you
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With a metal case, presuming the PSU mount to the case makes
reasonable contact by using metal screws to screw the PSU to
the case wall, you don't need it. If you had a case with
some elaborate fully isolated (sound dampening?) PSU mount
then screw the wire anywhere in good contact with the case
metal.

The wire isn't needed at all, as the PSU is self-contained
in a full metal casing that is grounded. If you had
separate higher voltage AC wires strung into your system
case, then you'd need to do more but that situation is best
avoided.
 
Thank you for your help.

With a metal case, presuming the PSU mount to the case makes
reasonable contact by using metal screws to screw the PSU to
the case wall, you don't need it. If you had a case with
some elaborate fully isolated (sound dampening?) PSU mount
then screw the wire anywhere in good contact with the case
metal.

The wire isn't needed at all, as the PSU is self-contained
in a full metal casing that is grounded. If you had
separate higher voltage AC wires strung into your system
case, then you'd need to do more but that situation is best
avoided.
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