Hi, I have bought a EVE V i5 8GB recently, it seems that my charger has the problem of electricity leakage, when I charge my tablet with the original charger, I have used a test pencil to test is there a electricity leakage, you can see it from the screenshot, does anyone has the same problem?
This was noted in the first few months after the V was shipped. You can feel a mild current on the back of the unit if it is bare. I have a āskinā on mine and didnāt feel it after that.
Thanks for relpy, so if I keep it bare and doesnāt apply any skins to the back of my tablet I may feel the mild current? Will I get electric shock because of that?
I canāt say Iāve noticed anything on my V but my previous Toshiba Portege laptop gives me enough of a current to be slightly uncomfortable when I rest my wrist in a certain position so I donāt think itās an uncommon problem.
I donāt know exactly how it is with the V, but I had the experience with a Siemens Laptop but only in Countries with 110V even though I used a Charger with a Groundpin. In that case I had always around 100V on different points of the housing. But only a very small current which wasnāt dangerous at all. But still funny because if you typed on the keyboard on a certain position you felt a slight buzz.
Mechatronics (part mechanical, part electrical) engineer here!
I would guess that this is caused by ācapacitive couplingā - a charge is transferred to the metal housing of the V. Itās actually more common than youād expect for metal things, and (usually) harmless. While the metal can get a charge and feel a little ātinglyā but almost no current will flow, and itās current rather than voltage that does the real damage.
It happens because the charger isnāt grounded (the third pin you sometimes see on the plug) so the voltage of the housing can sort of float up because itās not being held down by a ground pin.
Generally the tingliness from capacitive coupling is no more dangerous for you or your device than a slight static build-up. Itās annoying, but nothing to worry about.
Iāve noticed that tingling feeling in the past when moving my fingers past the topcase of Appleās notebooks whilst theyāre charging. Seems to happen with most MacBook Airs and Pros but doesnāt seem to be harmful. @IsaacB already gave a more technical explanation aboveā¦
It used to happen with my old Toshiba Portege laptop, particularly on the corners where the charge concentrated and just where my wrist naturally rested.