Why did my power supply fry itself?

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Published on 2010-04-13T01:39:13Z Indexed on 2010/04/13 1:43 UTC
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I am in europe. There was a switch on my psu that could switch the voltage between 230v and 130v (not 100% sure). In europe we use 230. I switched the psu to 110 and turned it on. Several sparks and a power failiure resulted, the psu was fried.

Can someone explain why this happened. I was assuming that because the system was using 230 and the psu only draws 130 it would be safe cause it's less. I guess i was wrong.

Can someone explain me the physics behind this.

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