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dataviz1000today at 1:40 AM3 repliesview on HN

I’ve been traveling around the world. It is 50 / 50 of the socket is properly grounded —-anywhere in the world. I get a tingling zap on the wrist when not properly grounded. The charger also gets hot and sparks.


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ddlsmurftoday at 2:24 AM

but it's never going to be grounded, there isn't even a ground pin on the charger

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shawn_wtoday at 2:32 AM

>The charger also gets hot and sparks.

Some heat is normal, but the sparking seems concerning.

leptonstoday at 3:03 AM

That should not happen with a well designed power supply. It sounds like Apple cut some corners "for design reasons", or some shortcut to make it cheaper to manufacture.