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I have an odd problem involving electricity.

This was originally posted on Yahoo! Answers. No one could find a solution to my problem and someone sent me here.

My house was not humid at all.

I'd like to start out by saying that I don't believe in magic, I'm not on drugs, and I honestly have no idea what's going on. A couple of weeks ago I fell asleep in my room with the lights on (I know the details are pointless, but I don't want to miss anything). When I woke up, I went to go on my Alienware M17X. The night before I slept with the lights on I didn't go to sleep at all. I started to type and was literally shocked by the side of the computer. I thought it was a jab or something, so I kept going. The electrical shock hurt. I got shocked again, and again. I decided to leave my computer alone and go up to my dad. I rested my chin (yes, rested my chin) on my dad's MacBook Pro, and found that I also got shocked from it. I touched the surface and felt a weird feeling on it. Like vibration, but only when I moved. I asked my dad about it and he said that he had never felt that. I forgot about it for a couple of days. The next couple of days, I was cutting some meat so my little brother could eat it. I was shocked from the metal knife, and immediately there was a small burn mark on my finger (it has healed well, but it's still there). Many, many other cases have happened and they all hurt like hell. I walk on my bare feet and I don't drag them. I drink mainly water and sometimes juice. I don't think I'm developing supernatural powers. I just want an explanation, and any would be great.

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Additional Details I would like to add that I also felt the shock on my brother's laptop. I would appreciate someone reading all of this before dismissing it. If my father never felt a vibration, why should I? Why would all of the laptops in the house have this problem, and only for me? Why would I get shocked with a knife? I told you: I'm not on drugs, I don't believe in magic, and I don't believe in superpowers. I would like a rational explanation.

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It's very puzzling. As I doubt my body can conduct electricity, I don't know how the knife shocked me. But I still have the small burn on my finger. I wouldn't joke about this, if anyone is wondering. There's no point. I appreciate all of the answers, but if there's a doctor or scientist who might know what's going on, I'd appreciate your answer even more. Thanks. My original post - http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100812062049AAmrtCK&r=w

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benpbway says:

I can answer this as I have searched for the solution to this problem for a long time; I cant say anything about the bad electrical shocks you are getting(except maybe you have an earth ground fault and AC power is flowing on the earth wire) but the strange vibration you have comes from the AC frequency(50-60Hz) of the power converter that changes power from AC to DC, you can double check this by removing the power adapter from the device you feel the vibrations on and suddenly the vibration sensation goes. However even though I know the reason behind the feeling nobody has every told me why it actually feels like a vibration; I would hazard a guess that as you rub your finger over the metal surface the resistance changes causing electricity to flow and then stop flowing through your finger. As for why some people feel it and some people don't I suspect this has to do with the resistance of their skin which in your fathers case maybe higher as his older hands are likely to be dryer.

I have had the feeling on loads of devices over the years, but laptops seem to be the worst!

 

Hope this helps!

 

Actually I asked a similar question a long time ago the answers are here http://www.last-word.com/content_handling/show_tree/tree_id/2040.html

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