Question Is it normal for PC to leak slight AC?

rounakr94

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After one of my friend said that his PC was giving him shocks I checked that he didn't have a proper cable. After installing a 3pin cable with ground pin I came back and checked my system. Everything was fine and no shocks but there is a slight voltage (~1.8VAC) on the USB port metal part or bare metal parts of the PC when checked with a multimeter.

Is this a cause of concern?

My Mains Power

Live-Neutral is at ~243VAC

Live-Ground is at ~244VAC

Neutral-Ground is at ~0.65VAC
 
After one of my friend said that his PC was giving him shocks I checked that he didn't have a proper cable. After installing a 3pin cable with ground pin I came back and checked my system. Everything was fine and no shocks but there is a slight voltage (~1.8VAC) on the USB port metal part or bare metal parts of the PC when checked with a multimeter.

Is this a cause of concern?

My Mains Power

Live-Neutral is at ~243VAC

Live-Ground is at ~244VAC

Neutral-Ground is at ~0.65VAC
Yes of course but in this case it's not h full AC but half of square wave with side band.
 
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