macbook pro electric shocks

Only one thing to say about this: SHOCKING!

getting my feet off the ground solves the issue though

Please report you unhappiness to SWC or Apple

Cheers

Pete

Sorry dangald, that reply was meant for an earlier poster!

Pete

I was getting dam hard shocks from my casing or trakpad whenever i was touching another electric devices for example the touchscreen of my ipad or a lightbulb. sometimes i got a small shock when i plug out my charging cable. Avoiding these thing stopped all the shocks...

Amusing that premium consumer gadgets should be treated with the same caution as heavy electrical equipment.

You'll get a proper severe shock if you touch two Macbook Pros at the same time...

Happened to me recently :-/ I was checking/comparing something on my MacBook Pro and a friends MacBook Pro, with hand arm on each, and ZZZAAAAAPPPPPP!!

I don't see what amuses you. Any electrical equipment is capable of killing you. Have an electrician check your power outlets.

Cheers

Pete

Sorry, I am not in the slightest amused. What I received was a rather severe shock that threw my hands of the laptops! If anything, I am greatly annoyed.

aruhn wrote:

Amusing that premium consumer gadgets should be treated with the same caution as heavy electrical equipment.

You stated you found it amusing, and then had several posts removed by the Moderators. I think your input should be ignored, as it mounts to nothing but ranting and trolling.

Good Luck

Pete

I am sorry you missed the sarcasm in Amusing that premium consumer gadgets should be treated with the same caution as heavy electrical equipment. Mea culpa.

The post that was removed by moderators was about the need for a class action lawsuit since Apple has been mum on the issue.

You are entitled to your opinion but I think you should know I am just as much a victim of mild electric shocks as you are. And a rather serious shock when I was using (to compare benchmarking results on) two MacBook Pros and had one hand on each.

Cheers!

There's no basis for a lawsuit. As I had posted months earlier, one-half of the AC line voltage is placed - at a very low current - onto the chassis and, therefore, the casework. The purpose of this is to meet various agencies compliance for radiated emissions. The sensation can be completely alleviated by using the 3-prong power cord plugged into a properly-grounded AC outlet. All of Apple's products use this scheme. All consumer products world wide use this scheme.

Running your computer off its battery, and plugging an ungrounded printer (for example) into the USB port will cause the same problem, and can be alleviated by using proper grounding, as I mentioned earlier. If you'd like more information about compliance requirements, check out the FCC and IEC websites.

There are two things going on, Carl. The first is the slight tingling current, which feels almost like one is experiencing pins and needles. This, I agree with you, is nothing serious at all. It's well within all limits. More to the point, it is common to various aluminum unibody laptops, including by HP and Dell.

It is the second that is cause for concern. This happens only sometimes, as opposed to the first which is more or less persistent, and feels more like a proper but mild electric shock. Not the slight tingling, but an actual shock, one get from around the edges of the laptop especially while sitting barefoot on stone or concrete, as opposed to wooden, floors. There is a more serious variant of this, which I have experienced and it happens sometimes if one touches two MacBook Pros at the same time. This, on the couple of occasions that I felt it, actually threw my arm(s) off the laptops.

At the very least, there must be proper warning on the packaging. Some people might not mind the harmless) tingling current but some might find it distracting, if not annoying.

From my experience, and from what I read, it is more common when you're barefooted on stone/marble floors. There has to be an advisory notice to use it with footwear on, or in spaces where the floor is wooden or carpeted. This actually could be a legal issue.

Again..have your power outlets checked by a qualified electrician. It is not a common issue.

Apple supply the warning re electrical care, it is the first thing mentioned in the manual. See here

https://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/1000/MA1678/en_US/macbook_pro-retina-mid- 2014_ipig.pdf

Cheers

Pete