▲ 434 ▼ Are you too young to remember these? (thelemmy.club) submitted 3 weeks ago by Mickey7@lemmy.world to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 204 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Logarrhythmia@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children) Was it able to shock me with one end connected or is it just a false memory. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 1 point 3 weeks ago* It probably had a good reason to shock you! /s. By design, SCART carries low voltage, not enough to shock someone. The device it was connected to could have been faulty or badly grounded and leaked higher voltage into the connector though. So its plausible. permalink fedilink source parent [–] mushroomman_toad@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 3 weeks ago I think some old double insulated devices have power supply issues that meant that the ground/plug-shell would be energized at half mains voltage. You wouldn't notice since the rest of the TV was wood/plastic, not metal, but if you touched the metal on the back you would get shocked. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 1 point 3 weeks ago* It probably had a good reason to shock you! /s. By design, SCART carries low voltage, not enough to shock someone. The device it was connected to could have been faulty or badly grounded and leaked higher voltage into the connector though. So its plausible. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mushroomman_toad@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 3 weeks ago I think some old double insulated devices have power supply issues that meant that the ground/plug-shell would be energized at half mains voltage. You wouldn't notice since the rest of the TV was wood/plastic, not metal, but if you touched the metal on the back you would get shocked. permalink fedilink source parent
