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

[Nathan M. Reeves]

funny i have never had that problem with them and i have owned several  
over the years...

is this because of the filter caps as was previously mentioned?

cheers,

nate (now afraid to touch the decks)

On Aug 19, 2009, at 5:32 AM, Seb Francis wrote:

> 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
>
>
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