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I just recently moved into a house that had all the electrical service
updated. At first things seemed to work, lately this has changed. I
am getting small shocks more than i ever did, its stronger than a
static shock. When this happens, it drops the voltage enough to
restart my computer. At first I thought this was a computer issue
until I had it reset without laying a finger on it by getting a shock
from the cell phone charger. Any shock I receive in the room its in
will cause the computer to reset. What is causing this? Bad ground?
The wiring is in wrong?



Reverse polarity comes to mind. Something shorting to something ungrounded
is a possibility. The fact that the service was upgraded may be a clue. Is
this a very old house with knob and tube wiring? You need to start opening
up receptacles and your circuit breaker panel and check to make sure that
everything is wired correctly. I assume that there are no problems with
your computer or a power strip.

Many years ago I had a customer complain to me that he kept getting shocks
in his master bathroom when he touched the medicine cabinet. When I first
checked it there was no problem. I checked it again before I left and there
was 120 volts. The problem turned out to be in the other bathroom. The
Romex feed into that switch box had the ground disconnected and the BX cable
that went to the light in that bathroom was shorted to the armor. When
someone turned on that switch everything became hot, but the breaker did not
trip because the feed wire ground was disconnected. I guess someone figured
that was causing the breaker to trip and it was an easy fix to just
disconnect it.