Possible grounding issue... help?

alphakry

alphakry

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When I touch certain parts of my case - a slight shock is felt.

It is best tested for by sticking my tounge to the case - quite like a 9v battery.
I notice that on parts where there is a small scratch, and the bare aluminum showing - there is a tingle.

I have tested a few places - including screws on my radiator, the mobo tray and the screws holding in the hdd... all of them have this "charge" ... and it's alarming.

The charge still exists when I unplug the power from the psu... it felt a bit fainter but it still existed.

Would this be some type of leak? How and where could i check?
 
ahaha... i knew this would be brought up..


I first noticed the shock when i went in back and my cheek rubbed up against the radiator screw. It was wierd, but i dismissed it to a sharp edge...

I then felt it a few days later when i was down working in the back again and it touched the top of the case... Wondering wtf was going on, i figured that as you can test a battery for a charge with your tounge - because it's very sensitive - i would try on the corner... and sure enough, same thing.

LOL - yes i know - odd way of testing - but the tissue of the tongue is 100x more sensitive them my hands - so that's what i used.

I did some searching of previous threads on this - but i haven't found anyone who has has as drastic of a problem...
 
any input? sorry to seem impatient, but i'm pretty concerned
 
usual prompt and informative replies.... missing.

thumbs down :(
 
alphakry said:
usual prompt and informative replies.... missing.

thumbs down :(
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Maybe no one heard of the problem before? You can always try searching for it.
 
couple of things, cheap PSU, bad ground, somthing is shorting on the case. I would suspect bad ground, then cheap PSU.....
 
Thanks for the reply!
The PSU is a Seasonic s12-600, so it's not cheap by any means.

and by bad ground, do you mean on the house circuit?

Not sure either would be the problem - the charge remains after unplugging it and leaving it unplugged for over 12 hours. So i would think this would rule out the 2nd assumption.
 
Did you figure out what it was?

If not, it sounds like that PSU is having issues. Replace it and you should be fine.
 
Yeah, if it still stays charged while off, then I would say the PSU is the culprit....
 
No sir... the case is on rubber feet, on a tile floor

I recently painted the interior of the case ... using the Mirage colorchanging paint... could this have anything to do with it? I doubt it - as i know of quite a few people on these forums that have used this automobile paint...

But ok - still have a warranty on the PSU. Maybe i'll work on getting it replaced.
 
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