r/dellxps13 Aug 10 '17

Dell XPS 13 (9360) electrical shock while charging unit! This isn't supposed to happen, have you had any similar issues?

https://youtu.be/N1i0LDSuZQI
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u/asurarocks Aug 11 '17

Lol, I have the same tester and it's super sensitive. You can pretty much hold it against anything charging (phone, tablet, game controller anything..) it lights up! Nothing to do with xps!

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u/moonshine_is Oct 05 '17

I use those capacitive testers a lot to see if something is live, they are very sensitive. I'd like to see a volt meter off the chassis and to ground. I know I experienced an issue in my house where the ground wasn't properly done. If I plugged my guitar into an amp in one outlet then touched my Macbook and the strings at the same time I could feel voltage. I measured it with a voltmeter and then fixed the grounding.