Every time I attach my macbook pro with a charger, I could feel a slight electric current while sliding my hand on the surface of the computer. Is this normal?
MacBook Pro with Retina display
Yes, it's been widely reported, but the voltages involved are non-life threatening.
It's quite common when using an unearthed (2 wire) adaptor/extension/connector.
Of course it is unhealthy & unnatural when an external electrical current flows through your body, no matter how small.
It messes up your whole electrical system in your body. All nerve signals, all organ and all functions in general in your body function through the bodies own electrical current system.
I have noticed it too, and will return all my Apple products that conduct electical current. So please watch out if you care about your health and don't want to get seriously sick in the long run.
Let's see if Apple deletes this comment, since it is a real problem Apple already have had for more than 4 years, and they could easily fix it if they actually wanted to...
I've experienced this myself. With the same system that DOESN'T show these symptoms 9.8 times our of 10.
In my experience, this is usually the case when you're using power that is badly grounded to begin with.
greatsouls wrote:
Of course it is unhealthy & unnatural when an external electrical current flows through your body, no matter how small.
It messes up your whole electrical system in your body. All nerve signals, all organ and all functions in general in your body function through the bodies own electrical current system.
Do you have anything to attribute that statement to, or is it your opinion,
Links please.
I am a medical student.
And this is general knowledge anyway, you don't even have to work in the medical field to know that.
You can read any book on physiology or even basic chemistry and biology to know something like that.
How do you think the cells in the body and organs, blood vessels, and everything inside the body communicates with each other? The communication is electrical. Even chemical processes are based on information that is commuicated through electrical processes and current.
What do you think an EEG or EKG is? To put it simply it measures the electrical current of your heart or brain.
You want some links? Just type "physiology" and "electrical" into google, and you get more than 15.100.000 hits on that topic.
For the lazy people, here are some links. I hope you are not too lazy to read it. :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrophysiology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eeg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrocardiography
and so on....
Cheers and good health!
@ Csound1
greatsouls wrote:
Of course it is unhealthy & unnatural when an external electrical current flows through your body, no matter how small.
It messes up your whole electrical system in your body. All nerve signals, all organ and all functions in general in your body function through the bodies own electrical current system.
Do you have anything to attribute that statement to, or is it your opinion,
Links please.
Answer:
I am a medical student.
And this is general knowledge anyway, you don't even have to work in the medical field to know that.
You can read any book on physiology or even basic chemistry and biology to know something like that.
How do you think the cells in the body and organs, blood vessels, and everything inside the body communicate with each other? The communication is electrical. Even chemical processes are based on information that is communicated through electrical processes and current.
What do you think an EEG or EKG is? - To put it simply it measures the electrical current of your heart or brain.
If you want links than just type "physiology" and "electrical" into google, and you get more than 15.100.000 hits on that topic.
For the lazy people, here are some links. I hope you are not too lazy to click on it and actually read it. :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrophysiology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eeg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrocardiography
and so on....
My advice is to keep your hands off from products that conduct electricity.
It is not good for you.
Cheers and good health!
S
None of that addresses the claim that any level of current, at any voltage is harmful
Can you actually address that?
I have found that this occurs when I have one or both of my feet touching something metal (file cabinet or baseboard heating unit). Without fail, if I remove my feet/foot from the metal surface, the tingling goes away.
Every time I attach my macbook pro with a charger, I could feel a slight electric current while sliding my hand on the surface of the computer. Is this normal?
