Anyone ever get an electrick shock from the Mac Book Pro top case?
For my daughter's 2 week old 15" 2.4 GHZ Macbook Pro:
She says she has felt a slight shock when typing, with the AC on - I can't reproduce it, except a very slight tinge/vibration that I think may be static electricity. Has anyone felt anything beyond what could be static? I'll continue to try to reproduce this before I make an issue of this with Apple. In the meantime, if you have had anything like this, I'd like to hear about it. Thanks
G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9)
Static electricity, whatever the voltage, wont
persist the way that the MBP tingle does. It isn't
static, it's current electricity. You don't get a 10
second shock from your car after a long journrey -
just a quick spark - for the same reasion that
lightning doesn't last for more that a few
miliseconds? (if that)
I have the same issue and switched to the earthed
extension lead which eliminated the problem. Don't
let any genius try to pull the wool over your eyes
with the static routine. It's current electricity
from a live outer metal casing.
Thinking more about it, I'll get a multimeter from
work and test it out, I'll bet it gives a constant
voltage when using just the 2pin plug.
Ben.
Wonderful, thanks!
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