Static electricity?

[DeagleMaster]

When I hold my ar right next to my pc case I can feel a tiny amount of static electricity. Is this normal or is there something wrong with my pc?

[chckovsky]

I've noticed this on acrylic side panels, even if they're not mounted on the case. Not metallic cases though.

[Godlygamer23]

19 minutes ago, DeagleMaster69 said:

When I hold my ar right next to my pc case I can feel a tiny amount of static electricity. Is this normal or is there something wrong with my pc?

Is your PC properly grounded?

[Amazonsucks]

Im thinking its improperly grounded. Do you have an outlet tester? Even if you have 3 prong outlets they might be ungrounded or improperly grounded.

[DeagleMaster]

16 minutes ago, Godlygamer23 said:

Is your PC properly grounded?

I am using it in a properly grounded socket 

[Godlygamer23]

1 minute ago, DeagleMaster69 said:

I am using it in a properly grounded socket 

Where are you touching the PC case when you feel electricity?

[Amazonsucks]

18 minutes ago, DeagleMaster69 said:

I am using it in a properly grounded socket 

You verified that the outlet is properly grounded with a tester?

 

If its static so minute you can only feel it before you touch the case then you ground yourself its probs just you building up a static charge with socks on carpet maybe? Do you arc out to doorknobs or other things or is it just the PC. If its a metal case and you have everything hooked up correctly it should all be grounded if the outlet is.

[DeagleMaster]

16 minutes ago, Amazonsucks said:

You verified that the outlet is properly grounded with a tester?

 

If its static so minute you can only feel it before you touch the case then you ground yourself its probs just you building up a static charge with socks on carpet maybe? Do you arc out to doorknobs or other things or is it just the PC. If its a metal case and you have everything hooked up correctly it should all be grounded if the outlet is.

I have had an electrician come and vertefy that my outlets are grounded and yes its metal. I dont fea anything when I tuch it. It is just when I hold my arm near it that I can feal a small amount of static.

[DeagleMaster]

29 minutes ago, Godlygamer23 said:

Where are you touching the PC case when you feel electricity?

I dont tuch it. I'm holding my arm next to it.

[DeagleMaster]

1 hour ago, James Evens said:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_field

Ground your self and test if it is away. 

What do you mean?

[Amazonsucks]

31 minutes ago, DeagleMaster69 said:

What do you mean?

To touch something known to be grounded and discharge the static charge from your body into the Earth. Like touching the metal housing of a properly grounded electronic appliance. 

[Godlygamer23]

2 hours ago, DeagleMaster69 said:

I dont tuch it. I'm holding my arm next to it.

At what part though?

[DeagleMaster]

1 hour ago, Godlygamer23 said:

At what part though?

Not a spectific part, just the pc case

[DeagleMaster]

1 hour ago, Amazonsucks said:

To touch something known to be grounded and discharge the static charge from your body into the Earth. Like touching the metal housing of a properly grounded electronic appliance. 

Sooooo, if I do that and I can still feel static when I hold my arm next to it theres something wrong?

[ElectroNoob]

No, it is perfectly normal.

The different charges "see" each other but there is no current flowing between you and the case, and even if in some highly unlikely situation if there were an esd. it would be between you and the case, the rest of the components will be perfectly fine and are designed with this in mind. Modern MoBo's are quite resilient to Esd

 

The good path to ground is actually assisting the separation of charge as the case fans blow air across the acrylic, it is like rubbing a cloth on a pvc pipe, but instead it is air flowing over and acrylic surface.

Charge can build up on the panel if it doesn't make good electrical contact with the metal case. Loose unfitted panels even more so as there is no path for the accumulated charge to go.

[DeagleMaster]

23 minutes ago, ElectroNoob said:

No, it is perfectly normal.

The different charges "see" each other but there is no current flowing between you and the case, and even if in some highly unlikely situation if there were an esd. it would be between you and the case, the rest of the components will be perfectly fine and are designed with this in mind. Modern MoBo's are quite resilient to Esd

 

The good path to ground is actually assisting the separation of charge as the case fans blow air across the acrylic, it is like rubbing a cloth on a pvc pipe, but instead it is air flowing over and acrylic surface.

Charge can build up on the panel if it doesn't make good electrical contact with the metal case. Loose unfitted panels even more so as there is no path for the accumulated charge to go.

So there is no reason to worrt about static between me and the case (not just the acrylic part but also the metalic part.)

[ElectroNoob]

Nope.

Risk of electrocution negligible 

[Godlygamer23]

2 minutes ago, ElectroNoob said:

Nope.

Risk of electrocution negligible 

The risk of electrocution is pretty low for many things anyway that don't have dedicated grounds. But if you are getting shocked whenever you touch an appliance, it can be annoying. 

[DeagleMaster]

12 minutes ago, ElectroNoob said:

Nope.

Risk of electrocution negligible 

But does the pc generate static from just sitting around?

[Godlygamer23]

4 minutes ago, DeagleMaster69 said:

But does the pc generate static from just sitting around?

Static electricity is generated when two electrical insulators rub together(imagine socks rubbing on the carpet and your body storing the charge). So if the PC is motionless, and no air is blowing over it, then nothing is being generated.

[DeagleMaster]

10 minutes ago, Godlygamer23 said:

The risk of electrocution is pretty low for many things anyway that don't have dedicated grounds. But if you are getting shocked whenever you touch an appliance, it can be annoying. 

So even if the pc has static electisity there is no chance of it hurting the components. I also want to clarify that the way I feel static is by holding my arm along side the side of my pc with about 1cm betmeen my arm and my pc. 

[Godlygamer23]

1 minute ago, DeagleMaster69 said:

So even if the pc has static electisity there is no chance of it hurting the components. I also want to clarify that the way I feel static is by holding my arm along side the side of my pc with about 1cm betmeen my arm and my pc. 

With the system closed up and with a static charge being applied to the chassis, nope. 

[DeagleMaster]

11 minutes ago, Godlygamer23 said:

With the system closed up and with a static charge being applied to the chassis, nope. 

But is normal for electronics to feal a bit static?

[ElectroNoob]

Every system is unique so yes and no. Some parts may build up a static charge more than others and it depends on the contact, grounding and/or isolation of those parts. Acrylic is a bad conductor so it is good at building up positive static charge without much hesitation, because it cant "flow" out quickly like with metal. But it will dissipate over time if it is not constantly recharged.

With all the metal and grounding paths in most system I think it will be hard to even notice.

[DeagleMaster]

4 minutes ago, ElectroNoob said:

Every system is unique so yes and no. Some parts may build up a static charge more than others and it depends on the contact, grounding and/or isolation of those parts. Acrylic is a bad conductor so it is good at building up positive static charge without much hesitation, because it cant "flow" out quickly like with metal. But it will dissipate over time if it is not constantly recharged.

With all the metal and grounding paths in most system I think it will be hard to even notice.

Should I be worried that somthing in my pc might leak electrisity sice I feal static. I dont feal static from other objects in my house.