On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 13:52:13 +0100, Stefek Zaba wrote:

Mike Harrison wrote:

This is normal for any non-earthed mains operated device with a metal case

aye, more or less;

- it's capacitive coupling of the mains through the transformer

pickyif it's through the transformer it's scarcely capacitive, is
it/picky

Yes - transformers have capacitance between their primary and secondary windings.