I have a Logitech z906 speaker system which was only 6 months old.
While rearranging the system the other day I was feeling a tingle when I would touch the heat sink on the back of the amplifier.
Put my meter on it and was reading 100vac to earth
Im in australia we use 240v MEN system
The device doesnt have an earth pin and shows double insulated symbol on the box.
As tempted as I was to pull it apart and have a look inside i refrained from doing so and contacted the supplier for a replacement.
Recieved my brand new replacement unit yesterday and decided to test it before setting it up.
Lo and behold theres 100vac between the exposed metal and earth on this unit too, although this time I cant feel any 'tingle' when touching the exposed metal.
What do you guys make of this.. is it some sort of ghost voltage? I could definately feel some current flowing while touching it though.. similar feeling to when you would touch the antenna port on some older TV sets..
The unit is supposedly double insulated so this should not be possible, right?
Logitech is a legit brand which surely must have gone through proper certification so I doubt the design is dodgey, however it is made in china so perhaps the switching transformer has been swapped out for a dodgey local one with poor isolation.. ?