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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Geoff Doane" data-source="post: 42600" data-attributes="member: 1155">Re: A wee electric shock...You didn't notice if the third prong of the power cord had been removed, did you?    Without a ground reference, the chassis will tend to float around half the line voltage, or about 60 VAC.  The current should be pretty low, but you might still feel it.  With everything patched together, it would have got a ground from the other equipment (assuming some or all of it had grounded plugs), but once you unplugged the last patch cord, there would be potential between metal parts that your hands are now bridging.    I really hate people that chop off ground prongs! GTD</blockquote>

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