My Computer Is Having static electricity.

[Thanthos]

So i realized my computer is having static electricity...
Can it damage my computer?
If so, How can i fix that? Please respond fast, because it possibly can damage.

 

[Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163]

That's indeed a valid point. But remember that worst case scenario just a tingling feeling. The V isn't what's dangerous, it's the current.

During my electrician training I got 430V in me (low current, why I'm still here...). Now I know what a bottle of soda feels like.

For the record, I'm not saying electricity is safe. I'm saying that frmo what I'm reading, this is normal behavior.

It's best to leave it as it is, before someone tries with their own solutions, which may harm other people in the same building, or worst case kill.

I've run non grounded outlets for about 20 years in my home now.

What I'm saying is that non grounded outlets are believed to be dangerous is very overexaggerated.

I don't mean to insult you, that wasn't my intention. And I'm sorry for that if that's what it looks like.



All the best!

 

[turkey3_scratch]

That's indeed a valid point. But remember that worst case scenario just a tingling feeling. The V isn't what's dangerous, it's the current.

During my electrician training I got 430V in me (low current, why I'm still here...). Now I know what a bottle of soda feels like.

For the record, I'm not saying electricity is safe. I'm saying that frmo what I'm reading, this is normal behavior.

It's best to leave it as it is, before someone tries with their own solutions, which may harm other people in the same building, or worst case kill.

I've run non grounded outlets for about 20 years in my home now.

What I'm saying is that non grounded outlets are believed to be dangerous is very overexaggerated.

I don't mean to insult you, that wasn't my intention. And I'm sorry for that if that's what it looks like.



All the best!

Higher voltages are a lot safer than medium voltages. I'd much rather be exposed to a high or low voltage than a medium voltage, because high voltages usually cause contraptions in your muscle which can launch your body away from the source and break the circuit, sometimes ten feet you'll be launched. Low voltages are too weak for any damage to be done. But medium voltages are the worst because then your body will almost be "stuck" in that position, unable to move, with charge flowing through your arms and feet.

Current can't be dangerous and voltage not be dangerous since voltage is the reason current exists. If there was no voltage, there would be no current, so it's really just a cause-effect situation. Also, for anybody wondering, it's much safer to be barefoot on carpet than wearing shoes on carpet when working on a PC because human skin is conductive and shoe soles are insulators.

The resistance of your own skin also plays a role as to the speed of current when you get shocked. If your skin has high resistance, the current will be lower than if you have lower resistance skin. Our bodies are ohmic resistors.

 

[Rogue Leader]

Point being he needs to disconnect that rats nest of adaptors and figure out if its the wall wiring or the adaptors that are causing it and then toss them in the trash.

My money is on the adaptors. The semantics of it do not matter. He definitely has a problem.

 

[turkey3_scratch]

Yeah cheap Walmart power strips.

 

[TJ Hooker]

That's indeed a valid point. But remember that worst case scenario just a tingling feeling. The V isn't what's dangerous, it's the current.

During my electrician training I got 430V in me (low current, why I'm still here...). Now I know what a bottle of soda feels like.

For the record, I'm not saying electricity is safe. I'm saying that frmo what I'm reading, this is normal behavior.

It's best to leave it as it is, before someone tries with their own solutions, which may harm other people in the same building, or worst case kill.

I've run non grounded outlets for about 20 years in my home now.

What I'm saying is that non grounded outlets are believed to be dangerous is very overexaggerated.

I don't mean to insult you, that wasn't my intention. And I'm sorry for that if that's what it looks like.

All the best!

As turkey3_scratch said, saying that current is dangerous, not voltage, is misleading, as current is a result of voltage. Whether or not a given voltage is dangerous will vary however, depending on factors like frequency, what you're wearing/what else is in the path, what path the electricity takes through your body, etc.

As an electrician I'm sure you're well aware that the grounding prong is to protect against faults in electrical devices with metal enclosures where a live wire makes contact with the case, potentially causing injury (or potentially even death) if someone makes contact with the case. And this protection is obviously lost if the outlet isn't grounded properly. It's an unlikely scenario, but it can happen; they didn't add a 3rd prong just for giggles.