Hi Beep. Not that you are likely to ever do this but DO NOT open up a Kurzweil synthesiser and touch any of the Operating system or setup Eprom chips in that room you are in.. The static will blow them sky high and you will end up with a useless machine. (As I have found out the hard way) Can be fixed but a cost though. When you buy new system chips for a Kurzweil they give you a special anti static wrist strap that avoids all this.

Although it is unlikely you will be opening up a Kurzweil synth be careful opening up any gear in that environment. You wont even see a spark or feel anything necessarily but you can blow things up left right and centre if you are not careful with static and working inside gear doing maintenance.

beepster
And moshie... I don't think the power is bad in here. I was just referring to bub's comment about power bars screwing up grounds. This is a rather fancy one that comes with equipment insurance and everything. I think up to $10,000.

 
I would still talk to an electrician ... it might have a rather easy solution ... that was overlooked and such ... I can't imagine that thing being built, and fit ... to electrical static shocks!
 
Something is wrong somewhere ... and usually these thigns do not get better. Please be sensible. I helped wire a whole theater, and the one thing that we looked for every inch of wiring was? ... static being wasted and not being routed correctly. We basically made sure that 100% of all the energy moving went where it was supposed to. If there is static, I am willing to bet that a lot of the related energy it is being wasted.
 
As to what is the issue? ... I would leave it to a professional to find it ... knowing that these moments are the ones that define "safety" from "insanity"! Your choice!

I agree, it can't hurt to have an electrician check things out.  You can also use an outlet tester to check for proper grounding and installation (having one backwards could be deadly).  The last big house I had turned out to have most outlets ungrounded!  Scary stuff.

Cheers, guys. Been busy dorking around with crap today. Needed a guitar fix too so I set up my amp and slapped around the Yammie for a bit. Felt good.

Can't afford an electrician and I don't have a voltage meter but I do have a voltage tester so I can at least check the grounds. I've been very much getting into the regular habit of discharging myself on the coax poles of my power bar and when not near that on switch faceplate screws as I roam around. I figure it's a good habit to develop anyway.

Have a humidifier coming and some dryer sheets too so I'll be seeing how effective that stuff is and I'll see if I can borrow a meter. I'm not an electrician but before I finally had to call it quits as a handy dude that was my next goal so I know a little about electrical and testing outlets and stuff is relatively simple. I'll just have to give myself a refresher and fortunately the intertubes are full of them... I also have my old home repair books in this pile of junk somewhere too.

Just been plowing through so much other stupid stuff since I've been here this has kind of hit the backburner for now. It does however need to be dealt with. 

I did however have a very nice guitar session working on some ancient tunes of mine I've been meaning to record as I looked out over my tremendous view and it was quite blissful. I think this may... just possibly... for once... work out.

*touch wood*

;-)

Here's what I was talking about.  I keep a couple around - they're cheap, but can save a life!

Ah yes... but isn't that just a more convenient version of the old two probe testers? I probably should snag one anyway but if my current tester does the same thing I'd like to use it if only to feed my brain with some old school electrical knowledge. I find that type of thing interesting. Cheers.

BTW it's been kind of damp here today and I notice a sharp decrease in shocks. I think the humidifier is really gonna lick this issue. It's rated for 2000 sq' and I think I've got about 600 here. Should be interesting to see what happens... well to me it's interesting anyway... yanno... cause I'm a dork. ;-p

Beepster


BTW it's been kind of damp here today and I notice a sharp decrease in shocks. I think the humidifier is really gonna lick this issue. It's rated for 2000 sq' and I think I've got about 600 here. Should be interesting to see what happens... well to me it's interesting anyway... yanno... cause I'm a dork. ;-p

Yeah, now you're going to have all of your gear sweating from too much humidity!  Hehe...

Beepster


BTW it's been kind of damp here today and I notice a sharp decrease in shocks. I think the humidifier is really gonna lick this issue. It's rated for 2000 sq' and I think I've got about 600 here. Should be interesting to see what happens... well to me it's interesting anyway... yanno... cause I'm a dork. ;-p

That should make a huge difference.
Back in Denver, relative humidity in the Winter was usually around 7%. Throw in scorched air furnaces and synthetic carpet, and major static was the norm. Nylon blend socks really bring it on. We couldn't touch the cat without lighting her up. Man, she hated that.
If we boiled a kettle of water, it really took the edge off. Still, touching something to discharge the static was standard procedure.
Nothing against our coastal brethren, but living in Northern or high altitude locations has its peculiarities.
Since moving to Fort Worth, I rarely experience the static that was normal back in Denver.

Nothing like combining a couple of threads together, ya?