Static in my skybox
 

I have a Pace digibox, I was fiddling round the back (ooer) because of a
sound problem, turned out to be the channel, but as I touched the rear of
the box it made my fingers tingly.
This continued even when I switched the power off at the socket.
I guess this isn't normal, should I worry, what can I do?

Any help appreciated,
Rick

R D S wrote:

I have a Pace digibox, I was fiddling round the back (ooer) because of a
sound problem, turned out to be the channel, but as I touched the rear of
the box it made my fingers tingly.
This continued even when I switched the power off at the socket.
I guess this isn't normal, should I worry, what can I do?

Any help appreciated,
Rick

If your fingers came anywhere near any of the connectors you may have
picked up a discharge. I found out the hard way just how bad it can be
when I decided to move my old analogue box. I unplugged it, removed
the cables, put it in it's new place, plugged it in (stupidly) before
trying to reconnect the cables. From what i could tell I touched the
bare wire in the center of the cable onto the outside sheath of the
socket, bang! it wasn;t a big bang, but it was a lot of blue smoke and
the thing was dead.

I even get this if I'm trying to plug anything into my tv card on my
PC. I hate moving the tower so i tend to feel around for the socket
with my finger, and every damned time I get a shock


Pavlov obviously didn't use a Paul when he did his experiments :O)




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"R D S" wrote in message
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I have a Pace digibox, I was fiddling round the back (ooer) because of a
sound problem, turned out to be the channel, but as I touched the rear of
the box it made my fingers tingly.
This continued even when I switched the power off at the socket.
I guess this isn't normal, should I worry, what can I do?

Any help appreciated,
Rick


Perfectly normal.
A consequence of modern domestic electronic appliances not being earthed
these days.
They are instead certified as having a low leakage by the use of double
insulation techniques

Remember that your installation consists of several interconnected double
insulated components;
TV, DVD, VCR, Sky, masthead amp, distribution amp etc. so the tingle you
feel won't necessarily originate from the Digibox.

Incidentally the original; Amstrad Digibox (DRX100) did have an earthed
chassis.

"Graham" wrote in message
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%Profound_observation%
"R D S" wrote in message
...
I have a Pace digibox, I was fiddling round the back (ooer) because of a
sound problem, turned out to be the channel, but as I touched the rear
of
the box it made my fingers tingly.
This continued even when I switched the power off at the socket.
I guess this isn't normal, should I worry, what can I do?

Any help appreciated,
Rick


Perfectly normal.
A consequence of modern domestic electronic appliances not being earthed
these days.
They are instead certified as having a low leakage by the use of double
insulation techniques

Remember that your installation consists of several interconnected double
insulated components;
TV, DVD, VCR, Sky, masthead amp, distribution amp etc. so the tingle you
feel won't necessarily originate from the Digibox.

Incidentally the original; Amstrad Digibox (DRX100) did have an earthed
chassis.



Cheers guys, mind at rest.

Rick

R D S wrote:

I have a Pace digibox, I was fiddling round the back (ooer) because of a
sound problem, turned out to be the channel, but as I touched the rear of
the box it made my fingers tingly.

You've obviously never done the same thing with a cable box/modem!
"Tingly" doesn't come close.

Anton G=FFsen wrote:
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R D S wrote:
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I have a Pace digibox, I was fiddling round the back (ooer) because =
of a
sound problem, turned out to be the channel, but as I touched the rea=
r of
the box it made my fingers tingly.
=

You've obviously never done the same thing with a cable box/modem!
"Tingly" doesn't come close.

quite a 'sting' isn't it? to me it feels more like a burn. I've had a
fair share of zaps :O)
-- =

Paul (And I'm, like, "yeah, whatever!") =

------------------------------------------------------- =

Stop and Look =

http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/

Paul Heslop wrote:

Anton Gÿsen wrote:

R D S wrote:


I have a Pace digibox, I was fiddling round the back (ooer) because of a
sound problem, turned out to be the channel, but as I touched the rear of
the box it made my fingers tingly.

You've obviously never done the same thing with a cable box/modem!
"Tingly" doesn't come close.


quite a 'sting' isn't it? to me it feels more like a burn. I've had a
fair share of zaps :O)

It's the fact that it scares the **** out of you if you're not expecting
it. I'm sure it could be quite dangerous to an inquisitive toddler
crawling around on the floor and fiddling with a CATV decoder.

The thing is, how are you supposed to, for example, change the cable if
you've got cable TV/internet, without getting "stung"? Ring the cable
company and get them to turn off the signal for 10 minutes? Wear
insulating gloves? [shrugs]

Anton

Anton G=FFsen wrote:
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Paul Heslop wrote:
=

Anton G=FFsen wrote:

R D S wrote:


I have a Pace digibox, I was fiddling round the back (ooer) because=
of a
sound problem, turned out to be the channel, but as I touched the re=
ar of
the box it made my fingers tingly.

You've obviously never done the same thing with a cable box/modem!
"Tingly" doesn't come close.


quite a 'sting' isn't it? to me it feels more like a burn. I've had a=

fair share of zaps :O)
=

It's the fact that it scares the **** out of you if you're not expectin=
g
it. I'm sure it could be quite dangerous to an inquisitive toddler
crawling around on the floor and fiddling with a CATV decoder.
=

The thing is, how are you supposed to, for example, change the cable if=

you've got cable TV/internet, without getting "stung"? Ring the cable
company and get them to turn off the signal for 10 minutes? Wear
insulating gloves? [shrugs]
=

Anton

I even get it from the leads on ps2/xboxes
-- =

Paul (And I'm, like, "yeah, whatever!") =

------------------------------------------------------- =

Stop and Look =

http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/

Anton Gÿsen wrote:
R D S wrote:

I have a Pace digibox, I was fiddling round the back (ooer) because of a
sound problem, turned out to be the channel, but as I touched the rear of
the box it made my fingers tingly.


You've obviously never done the same thing with a cable box/modem!
"Tingly" doesn't come close.

Is that normal then? I always thought there was a fault with my cable
box. Feels like it's gonna blow my arm off sometimes. :p

These days, if I have to touch it, I wear disposable surgical gloves. :D

Dale Richards wrote:
Anton Gÿsen wrote:
R D S wrote:

I have a Pace digibox, I was fiddling round the back (ooer)
because of a sound problem, turned out to be the channel, but as I
touched the rear of the box it made my fingers tingly.


You've obviously never done the same thing with a cable box/modem!
"Tingly" doesn't come close.

Is that normal then? I always thought there was a fault with my cable
box. Feels like it's gonna blow my arm off sometimes. :p

These days, if I have to touch it, I wear disposable surgical gloves.
:D

It is a new feature to make sure you use the remote ;-)

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