* Posts by Ben

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Sparks fly over electric shock dealing Dell laptop

Ben
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Happened to me.

I have a Dell M1330 (very similar model, identical casing to whats shown in the picture).

All this has happened to me! I actually thought the tingling was part of the surface texture, it happened so often.

I've had quite a few electric shocks from it too, but I just put it down to static electricity.

As said above - it could be 1000v, or 100v, what matters is the current that its giving out, not the voltage.

Out of curiosity, I did some tests on this laptop (the M1330) just now, and I don't get any 100v voltages (although I haven't been tingled for a few days now).