power supply unit catching fire

[sim88]

I have 6 power supplies around the prison, nearly all of them are near full capacity. However 1 seems to catch fire regularly. Its had 6 fires already, I have sprinklers all around this unit and so the damage is minimum. Just annoying coz it takes time to repair it and the blackout it causes..

Just wondering why this 1 power supply unit is catching fire and not the others ???

[Pogmothoin]

water + electricity = fire

[sim88]

Do you mean I have water pipes near the power supply unit ?

I have pumps and power supply units in other locations and they never caught fire... besides I only place sprinklers around it after it caught fire

[Freebo]

Dont think it would be water related. I always put pumps joining the power generator and never had a fire. Maybe something specific on that grid?

[Pogmothoin]

Well tbh, he doesn't give enough information for us to answer his question.

Prisoners start fires too.

[Kizu]

Could you add screenshot? Maybe there is shower close by?

[Taxen2]

Haha maybe the prisoners have gotten together and just said "Right we are targeting this power supply until it drives them crazy" and they are acting out their plan.

[sonic_m]

Whenever water touches electric devices (don't know if this is restricted to the high powered objects) it starts a fire. Is this a possible explanation for your problem?

[metchaky]

Just to clarify some of the above comments:

They don't mean water pipes, they mean actual water flooding the floor.

I had some prisoners start a fire in the canteen and the water from firefighter hoses and sprinklers got into my storage area, setting my power supply on fire. I turned off the power, installed some drains, and the room dried out pretty quickly and no more fires started once power was back on.

[sim88]

hmmm maybe its the showers from the prison cells that is next to it that is causing it..

[sim88]

..so I've removed the nearby showers and the PSU seems fine now... no more fires...