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Headset - mild electronic shock - Kalovale - 2010-05-12
So I got this new headset but the motherfucker keeps shocking my fingers when I grab it to adjust positionings. The shocks themselves are nothing serious, but annoying as hell.
Is there a really simple and fool-proof method of releasing the electric charge that I can practice before use, perhaps?
I'm not going to wear rubber gloves just to use this piece of crap.
Thank you.
Headset - mild electronic shock - MasPan - 2010-05-12
You could get thin rubber tubing, slit it just enough to slide it over the headset piece that you touch
Headset - mild electronic shock - Xiger - 2010-05-12
Or it just might be static electricity?
Try to ground yourself.
Headset - mild electronic shock - Kalovale - 2010-05-12
Xiger Wrote:Or it just might be static electricity?
Try to ground yourself.
I'm sitting on the ground. Well, the floor is padded with granite tiles, does that count?
Headset - mild electronic shock - MissingLink - 2010-05-12
If its an AC shock, blame whatever the headphones are plugged into, not the headphones. Faulty power supply or lack of a ground connection to the wall outlet, and/or wall outlet itself not properly grounded. If this is the case, you definitely DO NOT want to ground yourself, or you could get a bad shock. (Granite should be a good insulator, so if you are getting a slight shock sitting on granite,it could be much worse depending on what the voltage is.
Headset - mild electronic shock - Kalovale - 2010-05-12
MissingLink Wrote:If its an AC shock, blame whatever the headphones are plugged into, not the headphones. Faulty power supply or lack of a ground connection to the wall outlet, and/or wall outlet itself not properly grounded. If this is the case, you definitely DO NOT want to ground yourself, or you could get a bad shock. (Granite should be a good insulator, so if you are getting a slight shock sitting on granite,it could be much worse depending on what the voltage is.
It's plugged into my computer via the audio jack. Obviously my CPU case is not grounded at all and I have no idea how to, it's also put on top of the granite floor. I'm having a good idea how this is happening though, thanks guys.
A piece of rubber should suffice when/if I want to adjust the headset though, right?
Headset - mild electronic shock - singularity - 2010-05-15
What he means is:
The standard socket you plug your computer into has 3 prongs (in the US). The small flat bladed prong is "hot" -- where the electric current flows from. The long flat bladed one is "neutral." The electric current flows from "hot" to "neutral."
The round prong should be connected to ground. In normal operation, current never flows through the ground prong. It should only happen when something is wrong with the device (e.g., a wire inside your power supply comes loose and touches metal), in which case the electric current will flow out through the ground prong -- instead of through you and into the floor (possibly/likely killing you in the process).