What The Tech Ep. 138 – Tablet Mania 10-23-12
This week on What The Tech: Andrew and Paul sum up Apple’s event where they announced a slew of new devices including the long rumored iPad mini. Was there too much Apple hype? Paul talks about his big plans for New York on Thursday. What all will he be doing while in NY? Paul also answers some questions about the Windows Surface RT ahead of the big launch of Windows 8 this week. Has Microsoft done enough to educate the consumer about Windows Surface RT and Pro?
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Best “What The Tech” this month. iPad mini price point is horrible!
Hi Andrew,
So you are getting electric shocks on your machine? So did I on my HP which also has an aluminium as – I managed to solve the issue as follows. Basically it’s because voltage is leaking into your earth line somewhere in the house, making your earth not 100% neutral as it should be.
By turning mains fuses off for each part of the house, one by one (not all at once), we were able to isolate the room the issue was caused by. Within that room, we then uplugged various appliances one by one. The issue turned out to be due to the waching machine, which is a little old and so a small amount of current leaks from live to earth within its circuitry. Apparently, it is a VERY common problem for washing machines.
Now, when I want to use the PC I unplug the washing machine from the wall – problem (partly) solved – I no longer get electric shocks.
Another solution is to improve the grounding of your earth cable, or make sure that the earth is wet where the cable goes into the ground.
Good luck,
Ralph Purtscher-Wydenbruck
besides trying to steal microsofts thunder
Paul looks and sounds like he’s having much more fun than when recording with Leo.