Re: Tingles from power supply

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From: MoiInAust
Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:59

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"Sylvia Else" <sylvia@not.at.this.address> wrote in message 
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> I've recently bought a D-Link DIR-300 wireless router. While disconnecting 
> its power supply from it, I got a tingling sensation when I touched the 
> plug (to be clear, I'm talking about the 5V DC plug, not the mains plug).
>
> An AVO meter shows about 90V AC to earth from either side of the 5V plug. 
> Short circuit current to earth is about 0.1mA.
>
> Still, I thought these things were meant to be completely isolated. Has 
> there been a change of approach?
>
> Sylvia.

Do you mean a *real* Avometer Sylvia?  As in model 7 or 8?

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