PDA

View Full Version : Electric shock

Donnn
11-29-07, 01:49 PM
Has anyone recieved an eletrical shock when plugging in a
Directv unit?
JeffBowser
11-29-07, 01:52 PM
If you are talking about the cable, versus the power cord, yes, normal. In fact, for grins, wet your finger, and poke a cable end and start changing channels :lol:

If you are talking about the AC power cord, heck no, call DirecTV and get a replacement.......
Donnn
11-29-07, 02:18 PM
If you are talking about the cable, versus the power cord, yes, normal. In fact, for grins, wet your finger, and poke a cable end and start changing channels :lol:

If you are talking about the AC power cord, heck no, call DirecTV and get a replacement.......

How is there power in the cable if it is not powered up by being attached to the
box?
veryoldschool
11-29-07, 02:21 PM
How is there power in the cable if it is not powered up by being attached to the
box?
Wet hands [sweating] connecting the coax feeds that would have 13 or 18 volts, if the box is plugged into the wall first.
JeffBowser
11-29-07, 02:22 PM
Well, my silly little joke only works with some assumptions: you have another box on somewhere, and the other cable end is attached to multi-switch or dish, or, you have the cable attached to the box, and are holding the dish end. At any rate, the coax system always carries 13 or 18volts.

Dadgummit, VOS, you beat me again.
CJTE
11-29-07, 02:33 PM
If you are talking about the AC power cord, heck no, call DirecTV and get a replacement.......

My RCA did that to me... I plugged it in and at first it was fine. As soon as I grabbed the cable I literally felt the pulse going through me, and it was slowly getting stronger.
I freaked. Dropped the cable, unplugged the box, brought the RCA into my kitchen, plugged it in (no sat cable), and waited. After about 2 minutes once touching the receiver (which was 95% metal, only part of the top and front panel being plastic) was a "shocking" experience.
D* is awesome. They replaced it for me at no charge, something about new customer warranty ;)
JeffBowser
11-29-07, 02:37 PM
Yikes ! I still have a stack of those old RCA boxes in a closet, too.
veryoldschool
11-29-07, 02:59 PM
Dadgummit, VOS, you beat me again.
But only by one min. :lol:
techrep
11-29-07, 03:31 PM
Wet hands [sweating] connecting the coax feeds that would have 13 or 18 volts, if the box is plugged into the wall first.

Or, a powered multiswitch. ;)
Mark20
11-29-07, 04:40 PM
With the switching power supplies a lot of these units use I notice a spark quite often when I plug them into an AC outlet. Since I am holding the insulated plug I have never been bitten by it.

If you should get more than a static shock from a receiver, unplug it and contact DIRECTV (or E* or whoever is responsible for it).