[P1] iBook electrical shock

Brian Pearce bpearce at cloud9.net
Sun Jun 6 21:23:26 PDT 2004


> The shock was pretty intense...I initially thought I was being stung 
> by bees, and was replicated with my husband, and 2 neighbors (I was on 
> our front porch).  It only occurs when the iBook is plugged in, so I'm 
> not entirely sure that the charge is contained within the iBook, but 
> maybe from the power source.  I did try different outlets and a 
> variety of surge strips...with no change.  The only way to eliminate 
> the shock is to unplug the iBook.

I think there was a post in the thread I posted earlier that said that 
one type of iBook adapter is properly grounded, where another is not; 
perhaps the issue here is with the adapter, not the iBook.

BRIAN/bpearce at cloud9.net
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