PC case conducts electricity

[lenjack]

Since you originated this topic on 6/6, I simply don't believe you're real anxious to solve the problem. It may be nothing...it may be dangerous. Wherever you are, if you're truly concerned, you would have had it checked out by now. Good luck!

 

[dman]

For the car-shock issue, I hold the frame of the car while getting out.

Marked for later.

 

[alejandroAT]

The electrician decided at last to come by and have a look! he didnt seem too worried...i told him to touch the fridge, washing machine, pc and he did.....he didnt feel anything...then i told him to take off his shoes which he did....again he didnt feel anything ! at this point i noticed that his skin on his hands was quite thick (caluses) which he confirmed....so he licked his finger and retouched and ALELUYAH he got zapped! hahahaha.....suits him right! mind you, its just a tingle which gets a little stronger if you touch metal without surface treatment (eg paint).

So he said that its the grounding (tsk...as if we didnt know) and that he will come back to unscrew several plugs and see what is going on.....

thing is...the building was erected in the 70s and back then they didnt use grounding. So if the plug (suko style) doesnt have a 3rd grounding wire) there is not much he can do . We cant really dig the walls from the 5th floor all the way down in order to install a wire.....

So i m open to any suggestions....

thnx all

 

[Maximilian]

You must have a conductive personality :laugh: *ba dum*

Ok, awful joke, i dunno if this is feasible for your problem or not, but couldnt you just have somthing running outside the building? Rather than an internal grounding wire, an external one like those things that go down the sides of buildings here in britain, they lead to lightning rods here, but yours wouldnt be attached to a lightning rod, it would simply be attached to your apartments electrical system. It could be covered by plastic or rubber or somthing so that nothing bad an happen to it and blow out your whole apartment. Ykno if lightning hit the thing, or some guy witha a tazer came along and shocked it or w/e.

Anyways thats an interesting problem... i went round my house touching things to try and get zapped... no luck though

 

[alejandroAT]

u wouldnt get zapped in the UK....you lot are exactly the opposite to greeks....you are overobsessed with safety and use those massive plugs that actually have a fuse in them! You also have regular inspections (you know those little stickers with the electricians signature on them always dated less than a year).

 

[dman]

We stayed at a rental property and the stove used to give shocks at seemingly random times of the day. My dad, an EE, finally figured it to be the water heater was not grounded right and when it kicked on caused the problem.

I could be remembering that wrong, and it's not necessarilly the water heater, but you could go to the fuse box and turn off a bunch of items (other rooms) and try and narrow down which item / circuit may be making the situation worse. For example, turn off all other rooms but the office and see if you still get shocked by the pc.

/While my dad is an EE, I am not, so, the above is really just another bump for an update.

 

[Maximilian]

Originally posted by: alejandroAT
u wouldnt get zapped in the UK....you lot are exactly the opposite to greeks....you are overobsessed with safety and use those massive plugs that actually have a fuse in them! You also have regular inspections (you know those little stickers with the electricians signature on them always dated less than a year).

Yep well, least my house wont ever zap me and my electricals will be safe from a surge

 

[alejandroAT]

hey soviet...i m not dissin' you brafs....safe! i was just commenting....

THE ELECTRICIAN ARRIVED!!!! he opened up some plugs and traced the grounding wire to the panel board...then he opened the panel and guess what? The panel itself is not grounded! hahahah...the bastard who made the connections 35 years ago didnt actually ground the panel....go figure.

 

[sdf77]

Hi... I wonder if this is applicable.

I don't know what happen, but when I build up my system, everything was ok (2 years alreaady). But few months back, whenever I touch any metal part of my casing and the screen part of my CRT monitor, I felt this surge of electricity jolts.. quite shocking and bit painful.

I wonder anybody got this problem before? If I touch any other thing like alejandro, it's okay.

 

[alejandroAT]

if nothing else shocks you then its probably your power supply.....if its old and dusty it might be leaking on the case...but thats just my uneducated guess.

 

[sdf77]

U know what... I just bought a new power supply and change it. And guess what everything is all right. No more electric shock when I touch the casing and no more PC keep restarting...

 

[sdf77]

U know what... I just bought a new power supply and change it. And guess what everything is all right. No more electric shock when I touch the casing and no more PC keep restarting...

 

[drum]

holy update batman

 

[imported_nocturne]

A review of your house wiring is definately in order. I have a friend that lost almost $20,000 of hifi equipment just because of a bad ground circuit.