Power Cable Fire Testing Procedure (Behind-the-Scenes) (Patreon)

Hey everyone,

Spoiler alert! The video accompanying this Patreon BTS video isn't live on the main channel yet. It will be over the weekend. We have some content coming up where we've tested a series of popular cables that had concerning specifications and characteristics. We put our PSU testing equipment to use to try and root-out some specific failures. Although we have no comment or position on mining, we know that a lot of people are doing it right now -- and our concern is that some people may be putting themselves and others at risk by using cheap riser cables. We wanted to test some of those to try and determine where problems might arise.

The video is coming to the main channel soon, but in this one, you get to see Patrick Stone, our test engineer for this project, explain how he did the testing and how he used some really cool testing equipment.

It's really satisfying to finally be at a point where we have a little more manpower and more ability to make use of all the cool stuff we have. This was certainly an example of that -- we've had the equipment for years, but with Stone on board, we can finally start using it somewhat regularly.

00:00 - Intro to Power Testing
02:47 - Lead Firestarter
06:25 - Using the VariAC
13:00 - Closing Out

Thanks again for the support, everyone! Check back on the main channel sometime over the weekend for the video!