Weird case electrical charge issue...? idk

[EpikFlyingBrick]

So, whenever i touch certain parts of my case, I can feel like an electric current running through it. and theres a slight shock sometimes. I cant imagine this being good.  I think it's either my power supply or my motherboard.  But if i touch the power supply, I dont feel anything.  Ive checked all my wires, because I do have a few connections that i have thrown together myself but they all have heat shrink over them, so it couldnt be that.  Ive narrowed it down to either my psu or mobo.  Anyone got any ideas?

[79 Potatoes]

So, whenever i touch certain parts of my case, I can feel like an electric current running through it. and theres a slight shock sometimes. I cant imagine this being good.  I think it's either my power supply or my motherboard.  But if i touch the power supply, I dont feel anything.  Ive checked all my wires, because I do have a few connections that i have thrown together myself but they all have heat shrink over them, so it couldnt be that.  Ive narrowed it down to either my psu or mobo.  Anyone got any ideas?

Uh... Is your wall socket grounded? 

[EpikFlyingBrick]

Uh... Is your wall socket grounded? 

yeah, and it happens when plugged into any socket. and using any cable for the psu. 

[marioo1182]

How can you "feel" and electric current going through it? 

You are most likely feeling a static discharge.

[EpikFlyingBrick]

How can you "feel" and electric current going through it? 

You are most likely feeling a static discharge.

Well, have you ever been electrocuted?  It feels like that but not as powerful.  its not like a static discharge where its just like a little shock, this is a constant current.   It just happened again.  I was touching the top left corner of my case and I could feel it, it was stronger towards the front but then after about 5 minutes, it stops and goes somewhere else on the case.  It makes absolutely no sense to me. 

[kfarris]

Uhh... IF you can feel an electrical current then you must live in a very dry place and you must have a carpet flooring or something. I would get a power strip that has a light indicating that it is indeed grounded because if it was it would not cause that. If your home electrical isn't grounded right I could see it being the issue...In which case you would have much bigger problems to deal with.

[Sors]

My desktop has the same problem, if I am barefeet and touch a metallic part I can feel a tingly sensation caused by the electric current, it's most likely a faulty ground connection. My house was build in the 70s and doesn't have a ground wiring.

 

But My system has been like this for 3 years and never had a problem. I would say don't worry too much about it.

[kfarris]

My desktop has the same problem, if I am barefeet and touch a metallic part I can feel a tingly sensation caused by the electric current, it's most likely a faulty ground connection. My house was build in the 70s and doesn't have a ground wiring.

 

But My system has been like this for 3 years and never had a problem. I would say don't worry too much about it.

Dude...I just don't even know what to say about that.

[Sors]

Dude...I just don't even know what to say about that.

 

What can you say?  All my systems for the past 30 years have been plug into that socket, and not one of them ever had an issue with the power supply.   (Except for one crappy brandless PSU that died, but that thing was so terrible that it would have died anywhere, grounding or not.)

[kfarris]

Whatever if you want to risk dying not my problem... Electrical problems are not something to brush aside buddy.. 

[Beltboy]

Well, have you ever been electrocuted?  It feels like that but not as powerful.  its not like a static discharge where its just like a little shock, this is a constant current.   It just happened again.  I was touching the top left corner of my case and I could feel it, it was stronger towards the front but then after about 5 minutes, it stops and goes somewhere else on the case.  It makes absolutely no sense to me. 

I get this when I touch any brushed, earthed metal, it's just static from your body, if your wearing nylon and are insulated from the ground it can build up small amounts. The earthing static discharge most people are used to happens if you build up a large charge then earth, you can conduct a small charge most of the time, I wouldn't worry about it as long as there is no arcing or burning.

[EpikFlyingBrick]

Uhh... IF you can feel an electrical current then you must live in a very dry place and you must have a carpet flooring or something. I would get a power strip that has a light indicating that it is indeed grounded because if it was it would not cause that. If your home electrical isn't grounded right I could see it being the issue...In which case you would have much bigger problems to deal with.

 

I get this when I touch any brushed, earthed metal, it's just static from your body, if your wearing nylon and are insulated from the ground it can build up small amounts. The earthing static discharge most people are used to happens if you build up a large charge then earth, you can conduct a small charge most of the time, I wouldn't worry about it as long as there is no arcing or burning.

 

What can you say?  All my systems for the past 30 years have been plug into that socket, and not one of them ever had an issue with the power supply.   (Except for one crappy brandless PSU that died, but that thing was so terrible that it would have died anywhere, grounding or not.)

 

I tried ANOTHER psu cable and it seemed to have stopped.  I wouldn't have worried about it except for the fact that i have a Sentry 3 fan controller and every time I touched it, it shocked me. 

[Zubkover]

Okey, now time to add in some madness over here.

I didn't have the issue of this current on my computer (or at least he's not the one to blame)...
But...
...on my radiator.
And by radiator I mean this home one, not the PC one.

Every time I touched it and ANYTHING metal/PLASTIC(?) based material I got this constant feeling of getting electroshocked.
The least jumpscare'ing was touching my monitor's frame (It's all plastic, which is even separated in any possible way, but still ) and the most, which even hurt like hell, was touching my external card reader, while leaning in my chair with legs on radiator.
Gwad.

Grounding in my house is for sure done right way, since both my dad and his father are/were electricians, and they've build the house from scratch, and not so long ago it got even renovated.

I know my description is against laws of physics, but srly. I can give you a contact to a friend of mine, on whom I tested it.
Just try to imagine his face when I told him "Not that I'll be something normal from me, yet again, but could you please take your sock off and touch the radiator?"
When I then told him to touch anything on my desk but wood, he chuckled, since he already knew what's comming.

Ow, and I just remembered myself one thing. Even typing on my keyboard while touching this darn rad gave me little shocks every time I hit the button. D: 

Anyway, is there any logical explanation, to why the fork current goes into not closed loop? I haven't seen something like that in my life.
I was taught that current is in a some-what-circle, and if the circle is broken, there will be no current, since the electrons won't have the "natural motivation" to go anywhere, beside electrostatic discharge issue.

And yes, my post is long, but it's worth to write it, since the issue is wierd as zap.

He he he.

P.S. The only thing that stands out in here is that I have fully copper piping in my central home heating, and somewhat-silver wires, instead of copper ones. If anyone has ever worked with these wires... and bent them... I hope his sanity was all good afterwards.