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Well, not if you worked on a MacBook using an ungrounded socket in Europe, for example. Forearms are not that strongly insulated

skullone 3y ago
I have an old house that had ungrounded outlets. My MBP made me take on costly electrical repairs cuz I got so sick of the shocks and tingling sensation whenever id touch it while charging. I should've put a multimeter on it to see what voltage and current it carried, didn't "hurt" but it was certainly a noticeable tingling.
xahrepap 3y ago
I went to Europe years ago for work. And the adapter for my macbook work gave me wasn't grounded. Whenever I plugged my computer in I could feel a buzz when i touched the aluminum body. Others thought I was crazy. But it freaked me out and only charged when I wasn't touching it. You make me feel like I wasn't making it all up. haha!
- 5co 3y ago
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- lostlogin 3y ago
  Same here in New Zealand. The tingle in the fingers when charging is unpleasant.
- Toutouxc 3y ago
  Haha, no, you can find people complaining about that all over the web. It’s a very real effect.
  - itronitron 3y ago
    Has anyone tried taping a conducting wire to the macbook case and running it to the closest ground connector?
    - rini17 3y ago
      Might cause GFC protection to trip.
    - shiroiuma 3y ago
      Has anyone simply tried measuring the voltage difference between the macbook case and the nearest ground connector, and also the other two prongs in a normal electrical socket? This isn't exactly a difficult test to do.
- arnaudvalette 3y ago
  The worst I felt was touching both a charging device and the skin of another person at the same time, did someone experienced this ? It feels weird, almost like magnet sticky, but also almost like you aren't touching the other person.
  - beebeepka 3y ago
    Yes, I have felt this numerous times with my wife's aluminium laptop. Touching the surface feels weird
tannhaeuser 3y ago
I think it's Apple's weird choice of not using a Schuko plug, opting for a two-pole connector attached to their MacBook power brick instead, even where ground is available, isn't it? I thought old school VDE rules were such that if your device has conducting parts outside, you're supposed to ground these, but I'm not an EE. Anyway the Apple power brick makes a poor impression indeed.
- kzrdude 3y ago
  The plug part is still detachable, and at least previously you'd receive both a long cord with Schuko to attach there and a short plug with just two prongs. I guess the two prong thing is standard now?
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  - Sharlin 3y ago
    Yeah, got both with my old 2015 MBP but only the two-prong with the 2023 one. Though the two-prong plug is still detachable from the brick so I presume Apple would be happy to sell me a Schuko+cord for some exorbitant price.

skullone 3y ago

I have an old house that had ungrounded outlets. My MBP made me take on costly electrical repairs cuz I got so sick of the shocks and tingling sensation whenever id touch it while charging. I should've put a multimeter on it to see what voltage and current it carried, didn't "hurt" but it was certainly a noticeable tingling.

xahrepap 3y ago

I went to Europe years ago for work. And the adapter for my macbook work gave me wasn't grounded. Whenever I plugged my computer in I could feel a buzz when i touched the aluminum body. Others thought I was crazy. But it freaked me out and only charged when I wasn't touching it. You make me feel like I wasn't making it all up. haha!

5co 3y ago
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lostlogin 3y ago
Same here in New Zealand. The tingle in the fingers when charging is unpleasant.
Toutouxc 3y ago
Haha, no, you can find people complaining about that all over the web. It’s a very real effect.
- itronitron 3y ago
  Has anyone tried taping a conducting wire to the macbook case and running it to the closest ground connector?
  - rini17 3y ago
    Might cause GFC protection to trip.
  - shiroiuma 3y ago
    Has anyone simply tried measuring the voltage difference between the macbook case and the nearest ground connector, and also the other two prongs in a normal electrical socket? This isn't exactly a difficult test to do.
arnaudvalette 3y ago
The worst I felt was touching both a charging device and the skin of another person at the same time, did someone experienced this ? It feels weird, almost like magnet sticky, but also almost like you aren't touching the other person.
- beebeepka 3y ago
  Yes, I have felt this numerous times with my wife's aluminium laptop. Touching the surface feels weird

tannhaeuser 3y ago

I think it's Apple's weird choice of not using a Schuko plug, opting for a two-pole connector attached to their MacBook power brick instead, even where ground is available, isn't it? I thought old school VDE rules were such that if your device has conducting parts outside, you're supposed to ground these, but I'm not an EE. Anyway the Apple power brick makes a poor impression indeed.

kzrdude 3y ago
The plug part is still detachable, and at least previously you'd receive both a long cord with Schuko to attach there and a short plug with just two prongs. I guess the two prong thing is standard now?
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- Sharlin 3y ago
  Yeah, got both with my old 2015 MBP but only the two-prong with the 2023 one. Though the two-prong plug is still detachable from the brick so I presume Apple would be happy to sell me a Schuko+cord for some exorbitant price.