Macbook Pro gave me a big shock???

[butaro]

Hi all!

Correct me if i'm wrong.. It's the current (amp) that kills not the voltage.

btw, i'm going out to get my first mac today and it's gonna be a macbook pro! too exciting!

you are correct.
Here are someExamples of Static Generation
Typical Voltage Levels

Means of Generation|10-25% RH|65-90% RH
Walking across carpet|35,000V|1,500V
Walking across vinyl tile|12,000V|250V
Worker at bench|6,000V|100V
Poly bag picked up from bench|20,000V|1,200V
Chair with urethane foam|18,000V|1,500V

I think we all would die if voltage alone killed us

 

[EvryDayImShufln]

Ok as it turns out the shocks were normal. It was my bedsheets and my carpet charging me up. Just moving the sheets created a wicked looking "electric storm" type thing between themselves.

Anyway I have a new "issue", if you'd call it that. It's the weirdest thing my MBP has done. I usually try to discharge it by touching it with my metal watch and touchign that to my desk at the same time. It works, but today when I did that THE LAPTOP GOT OUT OF SLEEP!!!

It just jumped out of sleep by itself, even though the cover was closed, and all I had done is discharge it! Any explanation for this one?

 

[scotty588]

I have never used my MBP without the 3 prong adapter. I switched them out right when I got it although I know I have the original part lying around somewhere.

I am getting a little pocket that holds my AC adapter for my Brenthaven case. It is this if anyone is interested, but it does not have enough room for the 3 prong extention. Do a lot of people actually get a little jolt when they aren't using the extension with the ground? I had never heard of this until I read this thread.

 

[Fearless Leader]

umm... DC isn't grounded.

So if the computer is plugged in with the 3 prong or 2 prong it doesn't matter from a getting shocked standpoint.

 

[EvryDayImShufln]

I have never used my MBP without the 3 prong adapter. I switched them out right when I got it although I know I have the original part lying around somewhere.

I am getting a little pocket that holds my AC adapter for my Brenthaven case. It is this if anyone is interested, but it does not have enough room for the 3 prong extention. Do a lot of people actually get a little jolt when they aren't using the extension with the ground? I had never heard of this until I read this thread.

I wouldn't worry about the shocks anyway, since it turned out it wasn't the MBP causing them, but my sheets. I'm sure theres an explanation why it was giving me bigger shocks than my other metallic objects, but its no big deal.

 

[miketcool]

I will share this story with you, it involves my exlandlord and her shoddy electrician.

I was up late typing away at a thesis paper when I got stuck on a sentence. My PB was plugged in, all three prongs, and I eased back on my seat with my left hand still on the trackpad, palm on the case. I rested my right elbow back on my radiator and POW! I was bitten pretty good by the electricity snake. Thanks to the rhebatard wiring specialist, who thought adding a grounded outlet by connecting the ground to the hot was good enough substitution then actually grounding the outlets and promising me the apartment was grounded, I almost lost a $2500 machine.
So I suppose, it is possible to have a screwy outlet and get shocked because of a lousy DIY wiring job.