Chris, you’re correct, that power s very low. The voltage is maybe + or - 5V and even the power leads carrying the phone charging juice carry a small amount and the current is quite low. No shocks there, not even with wet hands I don’t think.
> On May 16, 2016, at 5:13 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland <clgillan...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Ben, > > I highly doubt you would a gotten shocked, as normally the voltage > transferred via USB is very very small, plus with the number of amps, it > would be very unlikely. Now, disclaimer! that said? I never said not to be > careful! If you felt uneasy attempting to use the cord, then yes. It was > probably best that you didn't. I never said there wouldn't be that one in a > million time chance you'd get zizzied. > --- > Christopher Gilland > JAWS Certified, 2016. > Training Instructor. > > clgillan...@gmail.com <mailto:clgillan...@gmail.com> > Phone: (704) 256-8010. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Ben J. Bloomgren <mailto:ben.j.bloomg...@gmail.com> >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2016 11:02 PM >> Subject: Re: Consistently degrading lightning cables >> >> Okay, I have not seen it happen in a couple of months, but the cable which >> originally came with my old iPhone Five did degrade to the point at which I >> was scared that I'd get shocked or it'd mess up the phone in some way. The >> chord to my iPhone Six S hasn't seemed to do that yet, but I'm paranoid due >> to my previous experience. Chris, you may have an aberration, but Apple does >> need to rethink the Lightning chords, if they want to maintain their >> proprietary ways. >> >> Ben >> >> On 5/13/2016 16:22, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: >>> OK, I wonder if anyone else is having, or has had this problem. >>> >>> Over the years, I've bought quite a few devices that use lightning cables. >>> Anything from my old IPhone 5, 5S, 6Plus, 6S, a few Apple TV 4's, etc. >>> >>> Point is, after about 2 or 3, if I'm lucky, months roughly, it seems like >>> the end of the insolation right where the lightning connector is that goes >>> into the device, that area seems to keep getting cut/torn. Usually it's >>> not so bad that the cable stops working, but it's bad enough that it >>> definitely has the potential that at any moment, it could get worse. I >>> have one cable now which is almost 98% sebbered all the way through both >>> the insolation and the actual wire itself. It's pretty pathetic. It seems >>> like most all my cables eventually are getting to this point, and I swear, >>> I'm not misusing them. I'm just plugging them in, and unplugging them as >>> normal. >>> >>> Apparently, I'm by far not the first person who's had this issue. If you >>> just Google online, you'll find lots of forums and blogs, etc. of people >>> who've had the same issue quite regularly. So apparently, it must not be >>> just me. >>> >>> Is it just these things are really badly designed? I'm on hold right now >>> waiting for Apple to pick up to see if maybe they can replace a few of >>> these chords, but I'm not very hopeful. They might, but I'm not counting >>> on it. >>> >>> I'm just wonderring if any of you guys have also found your cables tearing, >>> getting cut, or worse on a consistent basis right at the tip of the cord >>> like I am. If so, what are you all doing to get around this, so you don't >>> have to keep buying cord after cord after cord every few months. This >>> alone is starting to make me reconsider iOS devices. At least, ones with >>> lightning connecters. >>> >>> Lightning's great, but the cords appear to be crap in my opinion based soly >>> on what I so far have observed. Again, that's stated as an opinion, not a >>> fact. 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