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When I do sit-ups on my new mat I pick up a static charge.
The first time I touched my 2015 MBP after picking up the charge, either the palm rest or a key, I got a nasty shock, but I no longer get a shock from my 2019 MBP.
If not the specifics, can somebody make a general guess about what may have changed?
Or, on the other hand, was my 2015 MBP defective?
Thanks.
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In Memory of Harv: Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. ~Voltaire
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Humidity may have affected this. If it is very humid, it is less likely that you will build up a static charge.
Jon
macOS 11.7.10, iMac Retina 5K 27-inch, late 2014, 3.5 GHz Intel Core i5, 1 TB fusion drive, 16 GB RAM, Epson SureColor P600, Photoshop CC, Lightroom CC, MS Office 365
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Re: Static electricity?
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- Improved computer design providing better isolation from earth ground.
- You bought a humidifier
- Changed A/C settings so the air does not get as dry
- Climate change
If we knew what it was we were doing, it wouldn't be called research, would it?
— Albert Einstein
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Re: Static electricity?
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Thanks, guys, for getting me to focus on this...
The static charges began when I switched from one of those dense gym mats we used back in high school to a new one with a synthetic fabric covering, even before I began running a DEhumidifier, and they stopped when I got this new MBP, so I guess it's somehow Apple's doing.
Grounding is such a BASIC design concept that I'm surprised it could be improved upon...or even have needed improvement in the first place.
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In Memory of Harv: Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. ~Voltaire
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Update: The problem is weather related, and all else was coincidental.
Since it cooled down and dried up, the static charges are back.
The new Great Equalizer is the SEND button.
In Memory of Harv: Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. ~Voltaire
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