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Electric Shock from my speaker's backside

Mar 1, 2011 11:26PM PST

Hi,
I have just reinstalled my speaker(5.1ch) after servicing.But there is a metalic area in the backside of the speaker which is giving low voltage electric shock.What is more surprising is that while turning off the power(current) of the speaker, that metalic area still gives current shock.I,ve noticed that the current is coming from the CPU,s 3.5mm Jack. When i disconnected the jack the problem was fixed.Before servicing there was no such problem.

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Take Them Back To The "Servicing" Location
Mar 2, 2011 12:39AM PST

I'll guess a bad wiring connection was made and as such, THEY should fix it before damage to the speaker, to you, or to other electronic parts occurs.

Hope this helps.

Grif

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Very Odd, Do you have a meter?
Mar 2, 2011 4:54AM PST

There is no voltage on the audio jack that you should be able to feel at all, would be interesting to see what voltage is measured between that metal plate and ground.

5, 9, and 12 VDC are not generally "feelable" by bare fingers and none of those should be on the audio out anyway, just line level audio which also can't be felt by bare fingers.

I would move with great care until you chase it down, and I would not be grounded (ie. touching the metal on the PC and the speaker at the same time until you know what you are dealing with, you might also just leave it unplugged until you can talok to whoever serviced it, I can't think of anything from the PC that would do this.