Portege Z830 - skin effect if on mains supply if touching the metal case

Hi,
if i use my Z830 with the powersupply at the mains (220V) and i touch the case with my hands i feel the "electricity" with my hands.
its a skin effect if a current flows through metal.
does anyone has the same feeling.
if i pull the powersupply and work on battery all is fine.
Is this dangerous to the user?
Jrgen

Hi
Such effect is noticeable using the notebook which supports an metal case.
Such effect is known to me and I also read in other threads about that:
For example:
http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=67785
You can use an three pin ac adaptor. This would help to avoid such effect.

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