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Using mac mini nearly for 3yrs. From few weeks i feel electric stock over it surface and on keyboard too. I Tested with current tester it showed electric flow

Using mac mini nearly for 3yrs. From few weeks i feel electric stock over it surface and on keyboard too. I Tested with current tester it showed electric flow

Posted on Jul 6, 2014 1:55 AM

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Jul 7, 2014 12:57 PM in response to H.Kiran

If you are paying an electrician to check, test, & inspect your household

or residential/business internal power situation, that same person should

be able to test the power leaking from your Mac Mini, and tell you what

it is, and how much power, AC or DC, with his professional instruments.


A good $10 multi-meter (or $2. from China, in the US) could show it.


A double-insulated appliance without a grounding wire should not leak

power; and will not have a ground to earth connection. However if the

metal outer case is capturing leaked electricity from the logic board or

power circuitry inside, then it is no longer insulated. It becomes an Apple

problem and too bad you couldn't have tested it when only 10 days old.

Then they could've taken it back into stock & given you another; unless

the Apple store you patronize does not allow returns with the first 2 wks.


You could try to measure the power leaking by using a multi-meter probe

on the case (perhaps a screw or metal housing) and the other probe on

a known ground (to electrical earth or known good grounding wire.)


Electricity can be fun, entertaining, and positively shocking...


Good luck & happy computing! 🙂

Jul 8, 2014 3:44 AM in response to K Shaffer

I Myself is confused please understand i am not an expert

I took a video of mac mini showing electric flow testing with sample electric tester to show to apple car people because it hapaning to mac mini in my house & not to windows pc or hp laser printer but these people refuse to take mac mini for service telling there is no problem they could find when connected in service place which is true i myself could touch & hold with no electric stock but why it is hapaning in my house! house! it is making me mad!

I called my electricion he test with just wire & bulb so i asked him to test with proper device or come with me to apple care center to see how their electrical wiring is

Using mac mini nearly for 3yrs. From few weeks i feel electric stock over it surface and on keyboard too. I Tested with current tester it showed electric flow

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