kinda worried...

ColorForm2113 · Post by **ColorForm2113** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 3:42 am

so i was just doing some late night foogerin' and i went to change a patch cable (with a metal sleeve) and it started vibrating

at first i didnt believe it but i did it again and sure enough. it was like a low electric current was flowing into the cable.

now two side notes saturday we did an out side gig and it was humid and started getting dewy (Havent touched them since saturday) and second, i got electricuited today pretty good while changing a flourecent light bulb at work and have been getting zapped by most metal objects since then.

um yeah...so im afraid to such my gear now in fear of shorting something out. although i did play with my synths earlier (including a cz-5000 which has a metal case) with no vibrating going on... any help or advice would be greatly apreciated. i just hope no damage has come unto my foogers

Voltor07 · Post by **Voltor07** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 4:11 am

And THAT, my friends, is why plastic sleeved patch cables should be preferred over metal ones...even if they aren't as durable. I dunno what to tell you, ColorForm. I would disconnect the cable, unscrew the sleeve, if possible, and check the insulation. Usually, it's a cardboard tube or similar thing. If dew was present, it may have rotted the tube and now you have a short. Other than that, I have no clue.

Alien8 · Post by **Alien8** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 10:11 am

you need to discharge yourself, no pun intended...

touch something grounded that's safe.

Go play a theramin!

ColorForm2113 · Post by **ColorForm2113** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 11:58 am

thanks for your help. I will check the cable insulation, to discharge myself would I have to hold onto something metal (and grounded) or just anything grounded

EricK · Post by **EricK** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 1:05 pm

Sounds like you are an ordinary person with extraorddinary abillities.

You are electrolysis!

Modularfan · Post by **Modularfan** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 1:09 pm

Alien8 wrote: Go play a theramin!

Or maybe a theremin...

ColorForm2113 · Post by **ColorForm2113** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 1:11 pm

EricK wrote:Sounds like you are an ordinary person with extraorddinary abillities.

You are electrolysis!

hahahaha yeah "I have to power to short out circuit boards with in a five foot radias, make balloons stick to walls and erase thousands of VHS tapes in a single bound"

Voltor07 · Post by **Voltor07** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 8:00 pm

Cool! Voltage Controlled Human! You could totally market yourself!

ColorForm2113 · Post by **ColorForm2113** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 2:59 am

just to update: the weird vibrating cable thing stopped as well as the other static shocks. so my power didnt end up evolving to where i can control lightning... yet

Voltor07 · Post by **Voltor07** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 4:13 am

Aww...maybe you need to hug a Tesla coil. Then perhaps you could turn lights on and off with your footsteps.

ColorForm2113 · Post by **ColorForm2113** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 1:27 pm

i can turn light on and off with my footsteps, our light switches are on the floor