Re: Surface current in the Titanium Powerbooks

2004-08-23 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Aug 21, 2004, at 2:53 PM, Marcin Wichary wrote: Typically this happens when bare footed and your feet are on a tiled floor - particularly on the joins between the tiles. That's 100% correct! I wouldn't have made the connection myself in a million years... Sometimes it can be eliminated by r

Re: Surface current in the Titanium Powerbooks

2004-08-21 Thread Marcin Wichary
Typically this happens when bare footed and your feet are on a tiled floor - particularly on the joins between the tiles. That's 100% correct! I wouldn't have made the connection myself in a million years... Sometimes it can be eliminated by reversing the adapter in the power point. I should

Re: Surface current in the Titanium Powerbooks

2004-08-13 Thread Stuart Saunders
others - some leakage current is getting through. What adapter are you using? On 14 Aug 2004, at 1:51 AM, G-Books wrote: From: Marcin Wichary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Surface current in the Titanium Powerbooks Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 14:57:49 +0200 I have had a s

Re: Surface current in the Titanium Powerbooks

2004-08-13 Thread Marcin Wichary
I have had a strange, rather unpleasant sensation whenever I touched the small exposed screws on my AlBook's sides with my fingernails. Seemed to only happen at home, when plugged in my not grounded wall outlet (I am abroad right now, cannot verify that). I would also welcome suggestions o

Re: Surface current in the Titanium Powerbooks

2004-08-12 Thread Malcolm Cornelius
on 12/08/04 23:55, Mikael Byström at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is it a common experience that the early Powerbook G4s have some low > voltage current on the titanium surface, in some cases? > Some symptoms: When I'm on the phone and touch the titanium I get a earth > hum (or similar) in the phone

Surface current in the Titanium Powerbooks

2004-08-12 Thread Mikael Byström
Is it a common experience that the early Powerbook G4s have some low voltage current on the titanium surface, in some cases? Some symptoms: When I'm on the phone and touch the titanium I get a earth hum (or similar) in the phone, indicating I'm becoming a part of the earth loop current or similar.