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Julian5
By Julian5
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So for the past years of my life everytime, I was wearing metallic headphones or touched any metallic part of a PC or peripherals while being barefoot I got a VERY nasty shock, even using a MacBook or any metallic device. I have had my house tested for ground and done it myself, I have switched power supplies twice and always hade the same issue. I just measure the voltage from my headphones to the floor and it's over 55v AC, my usb ports show a similar issue. My house voltage is also 240v.

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Strange. I get zapped by my headphones sometimes too. 

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only time i had this the only reason i could come up with was the magnetic field that the computer creates somehow pushing a voltage potentiial from the steel screws of that case but that all died after i got a steel case instead of a aluminium one. 

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

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