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SHOCKING Experience
« on: April 04, 2007, 02:26:35 PM »
I have a new Dell laptop... I also have a chair (Stating the obvious).

Whenever I am sitting in that chair, using my laptop, I get shocked when holding the laptop.
(The chair will shock you even if you are not holding an object plugged into an electrical outlet)
Is this bad for my laptop?

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    Re: SHOCKING Experience
    « Reply #1 on: April 04, 2007, 03:59:25 PM »
    Are you shuffling around on carpet or wearing silk panties? ;D

    Just don't touch any of the ports or connectors. You might want to consider purchasing an electrostatic mat.
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    Re: SHOCKING Experience
    « Reply #2 on: April 04, 2007, 05:39:11 PM »
    lol

    The chair is made of some material that just happens to conduct electricity like a power plant!
    It is quite annoying.

    Even if I am not touching the ports or connections, it still shocks me.

    We are thinking (more as a joke) about grounding the chairs with rubber tails like those shopping carts at Albertsons.

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    Re: SHOCKING Experience
    « Reply #3 on: April 04, 2007, 06:14:08 PM »
    Are you shuffling around on carpet or wearing silk panties? ;D

    Just don't touch any of the ports or connectors. You might want to consider purchasing an electrostatic mat.

    LOL ;D
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    Re: SHOCKING Experience
    « Reply #4 on: April 05, 2007, 02:54:10 AM »
    How strange.
    But most laptops are made from plastic or other materials which do not conduct electricity, so as long as you don't touch any metal parts like connectors it will be fine.

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    Re: SHOCKING Experience
    « Reply #5 on: April 05, 2007, 10:00:36 AM »
    Static discharge can in fact ruin a laptop or any number of electronic devices...i would not use the laptop in that chair at all.

    It only takes once...
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    Re: SHOCKING Experience
    « Reply #6 on: April 05, 2007, 11:17:10 AM »
    Static discharge can in fact ruin a laptop or any number of electronic devices...i would not use the laptop in that chair at all.

    It only takes once...
    So... its survived every time I get up from that chair....

    How strange.
    But most laptops are made from plastic or other materials which do not conduct electricity, so as long as you don't touch any metal parts like connectors it will be fine.
    Its plasic... staticy


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    Re: SHOCKING Experience
    « Reply #7 on: April 05, 2007, 11:42:26 AM »
    If you come in contact with let's say the metal portion of a USB jack with a full static charge that static has a direct line straight to the mainboard...who knows what component would take the hit...

    Me personally i wouldn't take the chance.
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    Re: SHOCKING Experience
    « Reply #8 on: April 05, 2007, 11:53:01 AM »
    Well, I already touched the headphone jack and got up and got shocked!
     :o

    But, I wont take any more risks with my new expensive laptop

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    « Reply #9 on: April 05, 2007, 04:25:32 PM »
    Well, I already touched the headphone jack and got up and got shocked!
     :o

    But, I wont take any more risks with my new expensive laptop

    Try it with JP-4...Only joking of course!!!

    JP-4 is a nonconductive liquid, prone to build up static electricity charge when being moved through pipes and tanks. As it is volatile and with low flash point, the static discharge may cause a fire. An antistatic agent is used as a fuel additive to lower the charge buildup, the flow rates have to be controlled, and all the equipment used has to be electrically interconnected and well grounded.
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    « Reply #10 on: April 05, 2007, 06:40:06 PM »
    Well, I already touched the headphone jack and got up and got shocked!
     :o

    But, I wont take any more risks with my new expensive laptop

    Try it with JP-4...Only joking of course!!!

    JP-4 is a nonconductive liquid, prone to build up static electricity charge when being moved through pipes and tanks. As it is volatile and with low flash point, the static discharge may cause a fire. An antistatic agent is used as a fuel additive to lower the charge buildup, the flow rates have to be controlled, and all the equipment used has to be electrically interconnected and well grounded.

    I've always wondered what JP-4 is... ::)

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    Re: SHOCKING Experience
    « Reply #11 on: April 05, 2007, 07:03:36 PM »
    I see street1 has been to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JP-4.  Actually, JP-4 is a fuel for jet engines in aircraft.

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    Re: SHOCKING Experience
    « Reply #12 on: April 05, 2007, 07:26:27 PM »
    Everyone was applauded!

    Thanks for the help

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      Re: SHOCKING Experience
      « Reply #13 on: April 06, 2007, 02:43:44 PM »
      You might be interested in this. A humidifier makes a world of difference.



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      Re: SHOCKING Experience
      « Reply #14 on: April 09, 2007, 06:59:58 AM »
      A new chair is probably less expensive than a new laptop.  ;)

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      « Reply #15 on: April 09, 2007, 09:09:19 AM »
      A new chair is probably less expensive than a new laptop.  ;)

      Or JP-4...as far as that goes.  Sorry...couldn't help myself.

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        Re: SHOCKING Experience
        « Reply #16 on: April 09, 2007, 09:15:02 AM »
        i used to get shocked when i would get out of some recliners

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        Re: SHOCKING Experience
        « Reply #17 on: April 09, 2007, 04:52:56 PM »
        Ok

        I took a white chair out of our library
        and dragged the old shock-y one into the library

        Problem fixed

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          « Reply #18 on: April 09, 2007, 10:31:27 PM »
          Ditto GX1_Man  ;D

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          Re: SHOCKING Experience
          « Reply #19 on: April 10, 2007, 03:46:02 AM »
          This brings back fond memories of a section of our floor (in my old house) that did something similar.  The wires underneath weren't grounded properly or something, touching something metal would often produce a shock or a strange tingly feeling in the fingertips.  After shampooing the carpet once, I went to plug my computer in...  BZZZT!

          That, in turn, reminds me of when I first got my PS2.  I went to go plug it in and the outlet literally exploded!
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          « Reply #20 on: April 10, 2007, 07:23:35 AM »
          Ok

          I took a white chair out of our library
          and dragged the old shock-y one into the library

          Problem fixed

          I'm old school, but the simplest solutions are frequently the least expensive.  ;)

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            Re: SHOCKING Experience
            « Reply #21 on: April 10, 2007, 08:24:15 AM »
            what would you have done GX1_man

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            Re: SHOCKING Experience
            « Reply #22 on: April 10, 2007, 01:55:04 PM »
            This brings back fond memories of a section of our floor (in my old house) that did something similar.  The wires underneath weren't grounded properly or something, touching something metal would often produce a shock or a strange tingly feeling in the fingertips.  After shampooing the carpet once, I went to plug my computer in...  BZZZT!

            That, in turn, reminds me of when I first got my PS2.  I went to go plug it in and the outlet literally exploded!
            Now THAT sounds dammaging.
            (We just replaced out fuse box with a breaker box)

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            « Reply #23 on: April 10, 2007, 05:54:46 PM »
            A new chair is probably less expensive than a new laptop.  ;)

            I already answered that.  ;)

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            Re: SHOCKING Experience
            « Reply #24 on: April 10, 2007, 08:32:20 PM »
            A more comfortable chair than this one would be nice. (I personally want a small couch or a fouton...(ignore spelling) since it would fit well in out living area.)

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            « Reply #25 on: April 12, 2007, 02:23:43 PM »
            2K thanks for that humidity chart, I knew it made a difference  but not how much, I used to get zapped everytime I went to the cig machine where I worked, but went once in an extended period of cold dry winter weather and the shock I got slammed me into the wall 6 feet from the machine

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            Re: SHOCKING Experience
            « Reply #26 on: April 13, 2007, 09:52:15 AM »
            A new chair is probably less expensive than a new laptop.  ;)

            I hereby nominate this for the CH Hall of Fame...
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            « Reply #27 on: April 14, 2007, 07:51:07 AM »
            If I scrape my feet over the carpet and I touch my desk, there is a chance the PC will crash.  :)