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I was just electrocuted!

#41
Pilgrim said:
BTW, you were shocked, not electrocuted.
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Agreed - you type very well for a dead person.

This is likely the result of faulty wiring or something done very wrong in one of your pieces of gear. Although it can happen anywhere, living in China, there's a good chance your place is poorly wired; adding clone pedals to the mix isn't a help, either. Don't buy a multimeter - find someone who knows what they are doing with one.

This is not something to try to troubleshoot over the internet. If your appendix burst, would you try to fix it by logging on to a forum? This has potential consequences that are just as bad as that - don't ask us, find someone who can troubleshoot the thing in person.
 
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micguy said:
Agreed - you type very well for a dead person.

This is likely the result of faulty wiring or something done very wrong in one of your pieces of gear. Although it can happen anywhere, living in China, there's a good chance your place is poorly wired; adding clone pedals to the mix isn't a help, either. Don't buy a multimeter - find someone who knows what they are doing with one.

This is not something to try to troubleshoot over the internet. If your appendix burst, would you try to fix it by logging on to a forum? This has potential consequences that are just as bad as that - don't ask us, find someone who can troubleshoot the thing in person.
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Absolutely. My first point of call will be to find an electrician, but it’s almost midnight here so I just thought I’d see what folks thought about it. Thanks for the advice though.
 
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So I just spoke to my mate who has lived here an age and he was basically like “oh yeah, so that’ll be the grounding probably, it wasn’t really a thing here for the longest time and you live in an old place”

Basically he went on to say they just didn’t ground outlets until the last 5-10 years or so and even now, it’s not easy to find someone who will even know what you’re talking about.

of course I live in the back of beyond, not in Beijing/ Shanghai or anything like that so I don’t mean to make anyone mad. He just said that’s how it was until recently.
 
#45
Don't do that again!

I don't think you having all that on one plug is your problem. If it all comes in at a low enough current it's fine. Even if you did have too much stuff on it, the symptom for that would be heat or smoke, not shock.

You almost certainly have a grounding issue, and those are rarely simple to troubleshoot and fix. Like others have said, get it looked at by someone competent, and soon!
 
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AlexKidd said:
I’m on it. But first…. sweet slumber. Thanks for everyone’s help/ advice. If I figure it out (meaning get a professional to figure it out), I’ll post a quick update.
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DO NOT USE IT AGAIN Until it is figured out by an Electrician, or you may not be back to update us.

I like updates. :cool:

WELCOME TO TALKBASS!!! :thumbsup:
 
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Odds are if you measure the voltage from strings to ground you'll see about 1/2 of the AC line voltage, because of leakage through the cheap transformers in one or more power bricks. Reversing the AC feed wires (flipping the plug over) on the offending device can sometimes reduce this. This is the sort of low current shock you (luckily) got, not the actual AC line voltage.
 
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I would hazard to guess that your building electrical has been modified by some idiot or series of idiots. You say it is older and in China and elsewhere it means that the wiring that was designed for little more than lighting and a radio is now powering TVs, ovens, hotplates, rice makers, computers, etc. Who knows what phase the power is at? Who knows if someone got tired of tripping breakers or blowing fuses and either disabled the circuit protection or put in a very high current fuse somewhere? Everything in the building is probably overloaded.

Personally, I'd be more worried about dying in the fire when your building burns down than getting shocked. Get a power conditioner with fault protection. Or if you can afford it, move.
 
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I was not quite following the chain in your description, maybe you could draw a diagram.

If any of your plugs are two prong only, triple check that they are in correctly and right side up.

Until you get it figured out, try to only touch anything metal with one hand; keep you other hand in your pocket. That way any shock is less likely to go hand to hand across your chest and stop your heart.
 
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My best guess (as others have said)
Is leakage current in one of the devices. Most likely source is a magnet device (transformer).
A volt meter and knowledge are needed to find the culprit.
Fixing the issue may not be cost effective.
 
#58
AlexKidd said:
So I have a small setup in my spare room and….. yes, I have literally everything going into one wall outlet. I have my laptop, mixing desk, pedalboard, monitors, synth and Nord electro (usually not all at once but most of them are usually powered up at one time).

That alone is idiotic, I know...
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Really? No expert, but that sounds totally normal to me. I'd assume there's only a problem if they're together trying to draw more current than the circuit can supply, or than your power adapter/extension cords/whatever are rated to handle. But I don't think the stuff you're plugging in is especially power-hungry.

Anyway, seems unlikely that has anything to do with your getting shocked.
 
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Electrical outlet in my room is not grounded; sometimes I bring to study while in bed one amplifier or Zoom B1on, and leaning barefoot on the floor I get a slight shock, but enough to scare.
When I play in the room, with a grounded outlet, this does not happen.

Yeah, I know, I need to ground this outlet.
 

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