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my mbp is shocking my wrists!!!!

feelthefire said:
Flip the adapter in the outlet. One orientation is "hot" and can cause the shell to conduct (and ground through you, producing the shock) and one is cold. Theoretically this shouldn't happen with a new electrical device but if your wiring is old it's possible, because the apple adapter doesn't have a polarized plug.

Where is the shock coming from? what area of the computer?
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i tried that,it doesnt work.
the shock comes from the part next to the plastic line on the edge..its in all 3 sides..

yellow said:
soooooo... perhaps you're quite hairy and very fond of wool and generate a bit of stactic whilst wriggling around in your wool jammies and thats where the shocks are coming from?
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quite hairy? lol XD im not a monkey,im just 18 geee..
 
XheartcoreboyX said:
i tried that,it doesnt work.
the shock comes from the part next to the plastic line on the edge..its in all 3 sides..
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Get an electrical meeter and measure the metal parts of the case to ground. When there is 0 volts then will you see that it's probably just the tiny hairs on your wrists being pulled?
 
If you dont have a volt-meter you should take it to someone who does. no consumer electronics device should be leaking noticable current, but you really should use the three-prong plug to help ground it.
 
Had this same problem with my mbp when I first got it. I was using the 2-prong and it would zap my wrists. :eek: I changed out to the 3-prong and have never had a problem since. Do think you should have the outlet checked. :)
 
CanadaRAM said:
You contact your city or regional building inspectors and have the landlord forced to bring the outlets up to the national electrical safety code, naturally.
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The electricity is fine, and I can't afford to tear it up and convert it. I've never had a single issue with a piece of electronics (and I'm a geek, so I have a LOT :D ) but this sounds like it'll pretty much be shock-y if you don't have it grounded?
 
use the extended cable for your power brick or take it back to apple.
 
You can do what I did for our room a/c... get a 2 to 3 prong adapter. It comes with a way to connect it via screw and ground it. :cool:
 
niele said:
You can do what I did for our room a/c... get a 2 to 3 prong adapter. It comes with a way to connect it via screw and ground it. :cool:
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I use those, without the screw, just to be able to plug things in. All my surge protectors of course say line fault, but I haven't had any issues in 2 1/2 years (crosses fingers).
 
PimpDaddy said:
Well I don't know if this is a possible solution to your problem, but...

At first when I got my MBP I thought that I got small shocks too.

But I found out that the small hairs on my wrists got pulled out because of the tiny crack between the aluminium and plastic. It kinda feels like a shock but it isn't.

:cool:
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This is what happened to me too :D
 
iBunny said:
This is what happened to me too :D
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Me three! There's some tiny little place on the powerbook / macbook case right where your wrist lays that catches tiny little hairs that you don't see. And as soon as you even slightly move your a little hair gets yanks right out, and it hurts like a mofo and gives me little tingles all over my body. It feels exactly like a shock, but it isn't. I really bet that's what's happening to you. I'm not saying you definitely aren't getting shocked, it is possible, but it's much more likely that your tiny hairs are getting ripped out occasionally.
 
That is so weird! I used to think my old PB was shocking me but thought it was odd that I never asked about it. I wondered about the "hair pulling" but I was sure it was a shock. Not really a shock really, but kind of a tingly thing. Wouldn't do it all the time, but occasionally and it was very irritating.

New MPB SR doesn't do it and I plug it into the same outlet. I suspected it was the power brick.

Anyway, helps me feel better about my sanity.

>>>bill<<<
 
snowmoon said:
Get an electrical meeter and measure the metal parts of the case to ground. When there is 0 volts then will you see that it's probably just the tiny hairs on your wrists being pulled?
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How about he shaves his arms and wrists..

"then will you see.." sounds very strange. As if you're sure it doesn't conduct electricity. If there are so many people reporting of it, it seems very strange that it could just be hairs, especially when the problem has been sorted by others by turning the adapter 180 and other solutions.
 
Adamo said:
How about he shaves his arms and wrists..

"then will you see.." sounds very strange. As if you're sure it doesn't conduct electricity. If there are so many people reporting of it, it seems very strange that it could just be hairs, especially when the problem has been sorted by others by turning the adapter 180 and other solutions.
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Well it may be electricity with some people, but it wasn't for me. Thought at first, but when I thought about it I found out that it was just the hairs getting pulled out.

I don't experience this more at the same outlet, so I guess it just takes a while before all the hairs that can get pulled out, are pulled out :)

And sorry for my rubbish english. I'm very tired today
 
Quite a common occurence for me on all my MBP's - current and past. Depends on the power configuration whereever you are. Yet another stupid MBP issue caused by poor engineering, but I'm sure most let Apple blind them to it.
 
Sesshi said:
Quite a common occurence for me on all my MBP's - current and past. Depends on the power configuration whereever you are. Yet another stupid MBP issue caused by poor engineering, but I'm sure most let Apple blind them to it.
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I highly doubt this is "quite a common occurence." The computer is built from an electricity conducting material. A poor electrical signal that is not grounded properly will obviously cause some shocks. If you think the MBP has poor engineering, then show me an example of what has "good" engineering." It's a beautiful piece of machinery, and don't tell me I'm "blind" to it. My opinion comes from over a year of using it. You even admitted that is depends on the power configuration of where you are, so what is your problem? Do you think apple should avoid this "terrible example of engineering" by making it plastic?
 
JHacker said:
It's a beautiful piece of machinery, and don't tell me I'm "blind" to it.
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FYI: How it looks is different from how it's engineered.

My opinion comes from over a year of using it.
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Me too. Rather a lot of them for one person during the period. Including the one which developed a droop. I may have to inflict even more on myself soon.

Adamo said:
Yes, making it plastic would help.
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*snicker*
 
it a weird feeling isn't it. i was just in europe and i felt the exact same thing when my MBP was plugged into the wall via a power converter.
 
i'm not sure if this test is conclusive, but if you grab the input for you amplified computer speakers and run it along the edge.

As soon as it hits the gap i get interference through the speakers!!
 
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