My PC Case is Live

[realmenlovezeus]

Hello!

I built a PC a few months ago and I have only now discovered that the case is live. I touched the case and a radiator and I got a shock, not a static shock but an electrical shock. I used a phase tester (a screwdriver that lights up when it detects a current) to double check it.

I know I will have to rebuild the PC but my first guess is that the PSU is shorting to the case somewhere, how should I test the components individually to diagnose the issue?

 

I attached my build list if it helps.

[jaslion]

I'm thinking that a component is in touch with your case and causing it. Is your outlet that you are using grounded? Is the pc on a carpet?

[gloop]

Did you install the motherboard standoffs?

[realmenlovezeus]

2 minutes ago, jaslion said:

I'm thinking that a component is in touch with your case and causing it. Is your outlet that you are using grounded? Is the pc on a carpet?

I thought that too. I need to check if it is grounded, I live in the Netherlands and Dutch isn't my first language...

The PC is on a wooden floor

[realmenlovezeus]

3 minutes ago, gloop said:

Did you install the motherboard standoffs?

Yes I have installed the standoffs

[Kilrah]

Most likely the outlet isn't grounded. Not a big deal.

[realmenlovezeus]

19 minutes ago, jaslion said:

I'm thinking that a component is in touch with your case and causing it. Is your outlet that you are using grounded? Is the pc on a carpet?

I checked my outlet and it is indeed not grounded.. The PC works fine and I have no issues with it

[realmenlovezeus]

2 minutes ago, Kilrah said:

Most likely the outlet isn't grounded. Not a big deal.

Yep, I checked and it isn't grounded.

Is it an issue for the components and more importantly my safety?

[Kilrah]

No, not unless the PSU failed catastrophically and caused a short from live to case. Still not great, but not a showstopper. But if you have another grounded socket use that.

[realmenlovezeus]

The only grounded socked I have is in my bathroom which isn't an option

[TekSupport]

3 hours ago, realmenlovezeus said:

The only grounded socked I have is in my bathroom which isn't an option

Gaming while in the bath, comfort and fun.