[sdiy] I just had a (light) electric shock from my DMX...

[Seb Francis]

Werner Flügel wrote:
> Gil W. wrote:
>
>> (...) but as I touched the tips of the 3 prong plug, I got an 
>> electric shock !!
>>
>> WTF ??!
>
> Hallo,
>
> not nice, but mostly not dangerous. There are caps for filtering 
> reasons  in the device, and sometimes there is a little load in it. 
> Had the same thing with an old scope.
>

Yep, Technics DJ turntables (1200, 1210, etc.) also tend do this.

Seb