Static Electricity

[CameronMelia]

Hey guys, I'm not sure if I'm in the right forum or not, but either way, I just travelled back from the US to Argentina with a new laptop and when I connect my laptop to an outlet, when I rub my finger through the laptop cover, I can feel a little electricity. Mind you, this is ONLY when plugged in and only has been happening since I got here. I tried different outlets, all with grounding and some give more and others give less electricity, never really intense though, but it is concerning me and I'm wondering what type of solution there is to this.

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 what do you mean you can feel electricity?  Like, the feeling of a 9v on your tongue, or just like a static build up?

[Moress]

14 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

Like, the feeling of a 9v on your tongue

Am I the only one who has never licked a battery?

[Schubaltz]

16 minutes ago, Moress said:

Am I the only one who has never licked a battery?

I haven't, either. There are dozens of us! Dozens!

[Finnman]

13 minutes ago, Moress said:

Am I the only one who has never licked a battery?

Nah I have a co-worker who shudders every time someone licks a 9V.  He thinks the angry pixies are going to get him

[CameronMelia]

42 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

 what do you mean you can feel electricity?  Like, the feeling of a 9v on your tongue, or just like a static build up?

I feel like static, I don't know how to explain it. It's like there's vibration and it's not the friction between my finger and the laptop, it feels like static, hard to explain.

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4 hours ago, CameronMelia said:

I feel like static, I don't know how to explain it. It's like there's vibration and it's not the friction between my finger and the laptop, it feels like static, hard to explain.

Well a static feeling should be a single jolt and then nothing.  If it's continuous, something must be shorting to the case which is very "0_o" 

 

I would take it in to get checked if that's the situation.

[NytroN32D]

7 hours ago, CameronMelia said:

Hey guys, I'm not sure if I'm in the right forum or not, but either way, I just travelled back from the US to Argentina with a new laptop and when I connect my laptop to an outlet, when I rub my finger through the laptop cover, I can feel a little electricity. Mind you, this is ONLY when plugged in and only has been happening since I got here. I tried different outlets, all with grounding and some give more and others give less electricity, never really intense though, but it is concerning me and I'm wondering what type of solution there is to this.

Had the same thing with my desktop lol newer cared abaut enought to chek for reasons. But i think is becose of air moisture levels or smthing like that bdw check what hapens when u touch cocrete flor or some pipes when touching it i was able to ligt up led that way