Shocked with grounding probe
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Ever figure this out?
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Gonna sound strange but I think it is the salt stinging your cuts. The same thing happens to me in my salt mixing water. I jerk my hand out thinking I am getting shocked every time, even though nothing is even plugged in.
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I was about to respond, but @Waters has it figured out. A small open wound is going to feel tingly....like an electric shock. That's all it is. If you don't like it, wear gloves. 
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But it instantly goes away when I wear shoes.
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It is induced voltage and will have no effect on a GFI. Some of it will be dissipated by the ground probe and some will go through your finger. When you stick your finger in there you make a parallel circuit and the voltage doesn't "care" if it goes through you or the ground probe.
It is a very tiny voltage and unless you have a cut, you won't feel it. Only Sissies or Snowflakes can feel it without having a cut. Or you can keep your shoes on, preferably rubber boots.
Go out to dinner and forget about it. Try the Tuna Steak.
It is a very tiny voltage and unless you have a cut, you won't feel it. Only Sissies or Snowflakes can feel it without having a cut. Or you can keep your shoes on, preferably rubber boots.
Go out to dinner and forget about it. Try the Tuna Steak.
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A GFCI (ground fault circuit interrupter) only trips when current is flowing to the ground wire. Nothing else. Just want to set that straight.
Also, power strips hold no residual energy and capacitors will generally discharge within a few seconds to minutes of the system is designed properly. That’s a fairly big if. Take it from someone who almost got nailed by a discharging 1 farad capacitor. If you don’t know, that’s about the size of a soup can and at 600V.
I think this is a cut too. Unless your floor is metal or wet you don’t have an easy path to ground regardless of whether or not you are wearing shoes. There’s no reason for the current to flow through you.
Do you own a multimeter? That’s the only way to actually determine if there is voltage leaking.
Also, power strips hold no residual energy and capacitors will generally discharge within a few seconds to minutes of the system is designed properly. That’s a fairly big if. Take it from someone who almost got nailed by a discharging 1 farad capacitor. If you don’t know, that’s about the size of a soup can and at 600V.
I think this is a cut too. Unless your floor is metal or wet you don’t have an easy path to ground regardless of whether or not you are wearing shoes. There’s no reason for the current to flow through you.
Do you own a multimeter? That’s the only way to actually determine if there is voltage leaking.
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I do not.A GFCI (ground fault circuit interrupter) only trips when current is flowing to the ground wire. Nothing else. Just want to set that straight.
Also, power strips hold no residual energy and capacitors will generally discharge within a few seconds to minutes of the system is designed properly. That’s a fairly big if. Take it from someone who almost got nailed by a discharging 1 farad capacitor. If you don’t know, that’s about the size of a soup can and at 600V.
I think this is a cut too. Unless your floor is metal or wet you don’t have an easy path to ground regardless of whether or not you are wearing shoes. There’s no reason for the current to flow through you.
Do you own a multimeter? That’s the only way to actually determine if there is voltage leaking.
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Near a Harbor Freight? They’re only a few bucks.
Sort of an older post, but maybe someone can help with my grounding issue. I sometimes have a similar experience is my reef tank (slight tingling sensation), so I got a grounding probe. I checked the probe on several outlets with a multi-meter, making sure I was getting a good ground through the probe with it connected to outlet cover screw. I then installed it on the outlet where my reef tank's GFI strip is plugged into and checked again to make sure It was grounded and I could get a reading with a multi meter. The outlets in this room are also in a series (6) with a GFI outlet at the beginning of the series to protect the outlets and everything plugged into them. For the first 4 hours everything worked well, in the morning the power was off (anything bad always happens at 1:00 am) and the GFI outlet in the series was tripped. I tried to reset it two times, then disconnected the grounding probe and everything has stayed on for the last 5 days. So with the grounding probe in-place the GFI outlet in the series is being tripped but not the GFI strip where the Reef Tank is plugged into? This weekend I plan to investigate further, I have been thinking about grounding the probe to something other than the outlet (water and gas lines as well as the electrical panel are all grounded per local code) and seeing if I get the same result. I may try the Individual GFI outlet and check each piece of equipment independently. I hate to just start replacing random items hoping to figure it out.
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Seems like one or more of the items plugged into the GFI (Ground Fault Interrupt) circuit is leaking power into the tank. By adding the external ground, the GFI is able to detect that current leak and it is tripping your strip. You have an electrical current leak somewhere.
To trouble shoot, un plug everything from your GFI/ re connect the ground probe, and then start plugging stuff back in, beginning with the GFI strip that is tripping to eliminate that as your source. Continue adding in plugs until the GFI trips, and you should have identified your source of current leaking. Be mindful that you could have more than one source of current leaking.
My source was a water heater in my sump. When I removed it from the tank the water stopped biting! HTH- Sorry for this later response,
Im having the same problem. I also had the same problem before.
I found out that inside the powerstrip salt creep made a circuit to the ground probe causing electricity to flow through the ground probe from a positive outlet. Changing the powerstrip solves the problem.
I found out that inside the powerstrip salt creep made a circuit to the ground probe causing electricity to flow through the ground probe from a positive outlet. Changing the powerstrip solves the problem.
