FW410 users get electic shock??

forge · Post by **forge** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 3:38 am

try touching the inside of your arm on the corners and tell me if you feel a slight shock

is it just me?

Komplex · Post by **Komplex** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 3:47 am

it may be just you. altho I think i've received tiny shocks from placing my elbow on the rack frame that my 410 sits on but its got rubber feet so i doubt it.

forge · Post by **forge** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 4:00 am

I'm sure I'm not imagining it - sometimes only notice becaus it makes me jump

Komplex · Post by **Komplex** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 4:03 am

what are you doing touching the box with the inside of your arm in the first place

by the way, its not working with mine. im not getting a shock

ak balance · Post by **ak balance** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 11:20 am

are you sure it is not a grounding problem? you sure using the same ground for all your equipment that are connected? so that you are not what is connecting two different potentials together?

just asking couse had some same kind of electricboogie moments some time ago.

sqook · Post by **sqook** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 4:44 pm

Nope, never happened to me...

Are you using the external power supply, or are you having the card get it's power via fw?

forge · Post by **forge** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 5:28 pm

I have the 410 up on the side of the sofa and every now and then when I lean up if I touch the corner with the soft inside of my arm I feel a *slight* zap. I am running it of a PCMCIA>FIrewire adapter ( I find the 4 pin one is a bit too easy to come out of it's socket)

Everything is running off the same 4way and it has it's own power supply - it's nothing major, it just slightly worries me that if there's something worng it might fry

mike holiday · Post by **mike holiday** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 8:45 pm

brings me back about 25 years when they told you to touch metal before you touched that apple 2 sitting in your class room

gaspode · Post by **gaspode** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 8:51 pm

If you're already getting electric shocks on the inside of your arm... don't touch your tongue to it then

forge · Post by **forge** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 12:06 am

that reminds me of that gary larson comic "never stick your tongue on a glacier" with the eskimo with his tongue stuck to a glacier.

mosca · Post by **mosca** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 12:08 am

dont use it whilst standing in water

FaX-01 · Post by **FaX-01** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 5:51 am

It could be nothing more than a static electricity issue due to the type of carpet in your room etc .
We had new carpet put down in the back room before I shifted the studio into the office and I used to quite often get static shocks from my rack gear when I was all hardware based.
Sorry not much help :( but it is a possibility.