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Buzz Out Loud Lounge: Getting Shocked from Your Headphones
Getting Shocked from Your Headphones
by jimeeo11 - 1/3/07 6:30 AMHi BOL'ers. I'm responding to a voice mail from the show on 1/2. I had the same problem before getting tiny shocks from my headphones, but they were plugged in to my PC at work. This didn't happen every time when I used them, but enough where I ended up getting a different pair. I've never had any problems since then.
Faulty electrical installation
by SantiagoCrespo
- 1/3/07 6:35 AM
In reply to: Getting Shocked from Your Headphones by jimeeo11
If your office's or home's electrical installation is shoddy, and you are somehow grounded, you might get electric shocks from any metal component you touch. Used to happen to me at home until i re-wired it, if you touched any exposed metal part of the computer while barefoot it would shock you pretty nasty.
Can't stop the shocking!
by nillwoke - 2/4/08 12:59 PM In reply to: Faulty electrical installation by SantiagoCrespo
I am shocked on a daily basis through my earphones on a daily basis. I noticed the problem started about 6 months ago. The head phones I had been using were old so I trashed after the problem continued randomly for a few months. Now I use my work out headphones and the same problem is happening, and I'm tempted to say it's happening more frequently! The work out headphones have exposed metal directly on my skin... I can at least now be sure the shock wasn't happening due to faulty headphones. Do you think it's my computer or surge protector? I know our electrical situation here has always been suspect because we get brown outs from using our personal heaters in the winter, but this electrical shock problem isn't happening to anyone else in the office. Any advice would be grateful! Thanks!
Chris
I have felt it also
by kellenjb - 1/3/07 7:17 AM In reply to: Getting Shocked from Your Headphones by jimeeo11I have felt this before as well, it was more of a tingly feeling to me. No doubt that you have electricity going to the headphones to make the sound. You are also sticking the electricity very close to skin. My guess is we are basically getting little arcs coming from the headphones. My guess would be it either would happen on a very wet day or a very dry day.
As for me, I have some deep canal headphones now the moves the power away from your skin a bit.
Simply Shocking
by csliva11 - 1/3/07 8:05 PM In reply to: Getting Shocked from Your Headphones by jimeeo11I'll be working at my desk with my head phones connected to my PC and everytime I stand up with my buds on I get a static sensation (best description I can come up with so bare with me) in my ears and every so often I'll get a shock.
So now before I get up, ear buds must come out to avoid unwanted shock therapy.
Serenity now!
crap
by abdmal - 1/3/07 11:33 PM In reply to: Simply Shocking by csliva11this **** is crazy.
I use the ipod headphones too. Never had this problem.
I think im just gonna get new headphones before I get shocked to death.
I was shocked by my ipod - and now the thing has shorted out
by liquidchaz - 2/5/07 10:40 PM In reply to: crap by abdmalI have a 3rd generation ipod (one of the first 20gigs with click wheels) and I use the in-ear headphones. The headphones were bought last June, and the ipod almost 2 years ago. I had been getting a light static shock in the right ear for the last month or two... and honestly, the first couple of times I thought I was going crazy. Then, finally... I received a shock yesterday and the iPod suddenly died. This leaves me to believe that the static shock somehow shorted out my iPod.
This sounds like a serious defect to me. If I spend another $300 how do i know the cable running up against my fleece or wool jacket is not going to short it out again?
YES! I Also Get Serious Static Shock in Ear w/ Video Ipod
by birdbuns - 4/26/07 5:14 PM In reply to: Getting Shocked from Your Headphones by jimeeo11I also get static shock in the ear while wearing headphones connected to my Video Ipod 60 Gb. If I turn on the ipod while wearing the headphones, I ALWAYS get a small annoying shock in both ears. Similarly, while I'm running (either outside or on the treadmill) I always get a few similar shocks in the ear. This kind of bizarre electric static discharge has never happened to me before while wearing headphones connected to anything ie. computer, mp3 player, stereo etc. I normally wear a Belkin sports sleeve while using the ipod and have no idea whether this exercise armband is responsible for the static build-up. Still, the shock happens if I wear the Belkin thingie or not. I found this forum while searching Google for any explanation and had to add my two cents.
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by da_bradler - 4/27/07 5:16 AM In reply to: YES! I Also Get Serious Static Shock in Ear w/ Video Ipod by birdbunsI had the same problem, I had sony wrap around ear bud type head phones and used them with my older 20gig ipod, I would get like little electric shocks in ear ear every now and then, but I figured it was just the cold weather here since it gets mighty cold in manitoba.
oh, it happens with any player and headphones if you build u
by TrevorK - 3/21/08 3:48 PM In reply to: YES! I Also Get Serious Static Shock in Ear w/ Video Ipod by birdbunsif they are in ear headphones you'll get a zap if you build enough static up on your body, its just how it is. its not a defect of a player, its that you got wires leading up to your ears;)
Headaches and dizzy spells after shocks
by breebree25 - 11/21/08 8:49 AM In reply to: Getting Shocked from Your Headphones by jimeeo11Is anyone else experiencing headaches and dizzy spells after shocks? Is it possible that this is a result of shocking? Can this effect your brain or anything??? May be a silly questions but hey I need to know!
I might know what is causing this.
by FoustDiablo - 12/5/08 3:17 PM In reply to: Getting Shocked from Your Headphones by jimeeo11if the shock occurs in the winter months it's most likely because you bundle up more and as a result of the extra layers accumulate more static electricity in your body, the earphones in your ears are a perfect place for this build-up to discharge, kind of like when you touch a doorknob. But these buildups can occur when your moving around a lot as well during the warmer months, dry air is ideal for static discharges, so turning in your chair in the office or your legs rubbing together on your evening run can also result in static charges. They hurt like hell, but at least it's not a defect of the more expensive device the headphones are attached to.
Exercising, Static Electricity, Earphones
by globaluse - 1/22/09 4:25 PM In reply to: Getting Shocked from Your Headphones by jimeeo11This past two weeks, I was on the treadmill in a gym, which had an attached television. I was listening and watching the news via my IPod earphones and received several quick shocks to both my ears. I went to another machine and didn't have a problem. (I was NOT touching any metal) Today, I was on the eliptical with a set of XPS earphones and it happened again, so I moved over to another treadmill and it happened again.It was bad enough that I needed to remove them - but what is going on???? No one else had this problem either time.
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