Kind of a different question...

[sam_sam_sam]

Re: Kind of a different question...

If you plug it into a GFCI outlet, short the case of the laptop to ground, and it trips, then you know you have a problem...

This is a great point I would not have thought about doing this to find out if you had an issue with stray voltage on a device to do this to find if it is going to be an issue or not

switching power supply that only have a two wire connector I find is a little stupid in my estimation because of what you have experienced that you might feel a tingling sensation on a metal part of the device is not acceptable in my book

Yes this might be a little off topic but I have also seen this happen as well

You can also have this on air conditioning compressor that have an issue with the varnish breaking down on the windings and leaking voltage into the oil and when it first starts happening it sometimes not enough to trip some GFCI outlets but when it gets worse then it will trip the GFCI outlet that someone has a bad grounding pin or has cut off the grounding pin on the power supply cord

[stj]

Re: Kind of a different question...

switching power supply that only have a two wire connector I find is a little stupid in my estimation because of what you have experienced that you might feel a tingling sensation on a metal part of the device is not acceptable in my book

actually it can kill you.
if your working outdoors on an aluminium ladder fixing something that is powered like this then it's enough current to throw you off.

i have had several shocks like that from tv antenna's and a sat dish!!
fucking 2 wire mains cords mean the "earth" on the cables is 340v relative to the ground the ladder is standing on!!!