I discovered quite by accident right now that my bike picks up enough of an electrical charge to shock me (my inner thighs) when I ride it underneath the very high tension power lines that cross over the river bike path.
I want to come back with a multimeter one day and see how much voltage there actually is between me and my bike
@JohnS_AZ well, yes, maybe! but this previously happened to me when I was walking under those lines with an umbrella. In that case, I was on the ground which was wet, so I was probably grounded and I was holding the umbrella by its plastic handle and it shocked me when it touched my face.
@MLE_online we rented a house that was owned by an electrician. My office had only two outlets (very inconvenient).
One hot and sweaty day I had my aluminum MacBook on my lap and I was typing on my desktop keyboard when I felt a little prick on my finger. After some investigation, I was getting shocked by my aluminum iPod, charging from the PC.
My guess is each outlet was being supplied by a different 110 leg from the 220, and wired in a way that there was a potential between the grounds
@crazybutable Your story is similar to the genesis of those stickers. I was testing something on my scooter's battery pack on a hot summer day and set it on my lap to hold it. The terminals touched my sweaty thighs and I got a shock
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