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Article #1482Re: Tingles from power supply
From: Eeyore
Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:14
Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:14
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Sylvia Else wrote: > Eeyore wrote: > > Sylvia Else wrote: > >> > >> But immediately after I'd unplugged it from the mains, I happened to > >> touch the mains plug pins with the palm of my hand, and got a > >> significant shock off it. Reverse leakage through the rectifiers? But > >> why should there even be enough to feel? > > > > That's another cap ! You're not meant to touch the power pins immediately. It's > > all in IEC60065. > > Well, I just hope that most consumers have read that standard. LOL ! > It was quite a belt. I'm glad I didn't touch the two pins with separate > hands. There is a limit on the stored charge and it's meant to be bled away too. Units with power switches must NOT do this. (Read it last night). Graham
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