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maceleven
Jun 10, 2009, 01:50 PM
Has anyone ever been shocked or electrocuted by there magnetic plug on your macbooks just wondering if it has happen to anybody before?


u49aa2
Jun 10, 2009, 02:00 PM
Touch wood, never to me. Why did it happen to you?
hotviper
Jun 10, 2009, 02:06 PM
just happened to me last week, twice, as i prepared my laptop,

first is when i get it to connect to my macbook air(not yet on)

second is when i wondered why there is a shock when im still not connected to the electric socket. so i touched it again

since that day, i only touch the rubberized white portion
maceleven
Jun 10, 2009, 04:15 PM
Touch wood, never to me. Why did it happen to you?
NO THANK GOD i was just wondering cause that would probably hurt!
u49aa2
Jun 10, 2009, 04:23 PM
NO THANK GOD i was just wondering cause that would probably hurt!

:)
JDee
Jun 10, 2009, 04:24 PM
Has anyone ever been shocked or electrocuted by there magnetic plug on your macbooks just wondering if it has happen to anybody before?

Getting mine on Sunday - hope it don't happen to me! :P
instaxgirl
Jun 10, 2009, 04:39 PM
I've been shocked by my iBook plug a few times in the last 3.5 years!

It probably still amounts to less than 20, the tip's not to touch the prongs :o

It doesn't hurt, just feels like someone's hit your funny bone.
maceleven
Jun 11, 2009, 03:19 AM
I've been shocked by my iBook plug a few times in the last 3.5 years!

It probably still amounts to less than 20, the tip's not to touch the prongs :o

It doesn't hurt, just feels like someone's hit your funny bone.

Thats good to know!
mcpryon2
Jun 11, 2009, 08:30 PM
I've gotten a few nasty shocks from mine, yes. I haven't been electrocuted yet, obviously, since I'm still alive to talk about it. But it hurt pretty badly. At first I thought it was static, but after it happened a couple more times I decided it wasn't.
puttputt
Jun 11, 2009, 09:11 PM
No, but I've always had a fear of getting zapped by that.

Somewhat related: after I retired my PB G4, I touched it when it was plugged in and the entire case was "buzzing" with electricity. No shock, just "tingly." Needless to say, that PB won't be charged up again.:eek:
rowsdower
Jun 11, 2009, 09:14 PM
Somewhat related: after I retired my PB G4, I touched it when it was plugged in and the entire case was "buzzing" with electricity. No shock, just "tingly." Needless to say, that PB won't be charged up again.:eek:

Were you using a two-prong outlet?