problem with rack shocking me..help?

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chalin111

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Hey everyone,

I just bought a rack and put about 3 units in it..a power conditioner, a vocal processor, and a digi002R.

Every once and awhile (more often than not) when i reach for a knob, i get an annoying shock through my finger..ow! does anyone know anything i can do or buy to stop this or lessen it?

(i don't have a carpeted floor..so it's not that!)

any help would be much appreciated..

thanks
 
First question: what's in your other hand while you're getting shocked? If it's plugged into a different outlet then the rack then try powering that up through the rack power conditioner and everything should be at the same ground potential... instead of using your body to equalize the difference.
 
MOFO Pro said:
First question: what's in your other hand while you're getting shocked? If it's plugged into a different outlet then the rack then try powering that up through the rack power conditioner and everything should be at the same ground potential... instead of using your body to equalize the difference.
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Nothing is in my other hand though. i mean, i guess sometimes my computer mouse..but it's wireless..so i don't see how that would affect it..plus, most of the time it's actually nothing, so that can't be it...

? ?
 
I think it's just static, so I guess there's no way to really stop that...
 
I know what you mean. I got shocked like that a lot during the winter when I lived in New England. It'd happen when I touched pretty much anything metal... car doors and recording gear were the worst. It'd even arc across the gap as I was about to touch something and was kind of funny... but honestly it got unnerving. I'd use my key getting in the car even when it wasn't locked to just touch the door and avoid the spark hitting my finger. Really cool at night. My wife thought it was hilarious. I'd have to ground myself before I gave her a kiss or we'd get a lip to lip arcing shock.

Know what it was? Well, I did a lot of things outdoors each day, and always wore a thin thermal shirt under my normal one. Felt like polypropylene but it was something else. Anyway, the friction between the shirts was a pretty efficient electrical generator.

Solved most of my problem by getting used to going without shoes in the house. Grounded me pretty well. Guess that would make me an excellent path to ground though, if any of my gear ever malfunctioned. HA.

Tim
 
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