It's thundering and lightning......i just got a shock when i touched my laptop.?????

Question

could i get like electricuted using my laptop when it's lightning???????

Answer 1

You wont get shocked.

But if the lightning hits a pole or hits electricity powering your computer it will zap your computer and sometimes that makes them break completely..

be careful!

Answer 2

Extremely unlikely.  Since the laptop is not connected to a cord or anything like that, it would not be a part of the electrical channel lightning would take.

Answer 3

Uhmmm

NO!!!!

lol it was probably the harddrivee

i always get that

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SHOCK!

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Answer 4

If it's plugged in, yes. If not, highly unlikely since it's running on batteries, not electricity.

Answer 5

Doubt it. I've been on a laptop many times during thunderstorms etc. I've got a shock from touching a laptop too y'know even in good weather. I touched the corner of my mums laptop and it gave me a small shock. Its completely normal considering theres HEAPS of wires in side that are traveling through the laptop which will get you sometimes.

Answer 6

You should shut it down to protect it.

Answer 7

It's a possibility,  but rare.

Usually its a must that when its thundering, especially lightening to turn off your computer, it could crash/shut off, loose information that you're working on etc

Answer 8

its always wise to shut off electronics

Answer 9

Wow! where are you? I wish it were thundering & lightning here! I love bad weather!!

Answer 10

I really doubt that the lightening hit your house but if it did then yes.

Answer 11

soon as it started lightening I turned all my electrics off lol wouldn't take the chance...

Answer 12

Stop using it then.

Simple.

And I thought everyone had common sense.

Answer 13

ahhhhh i would stay away.... ow

Answer 14

You will just get a terrific jolt.  Not suppose to use telephone, shower, laptops.  Stay away from windows.  Recently I read in the news that you can get hurt even if the storm/lightening is 10 miles away from you.   YIKES!

Answer 15

Yes, don't touch your laptop.

Answer 16

woah, thats wierd. its thundering and lighting here too. maybe we live in the same town! ha! anyway, i dont know why that happened. its possible that it happened from your laptop being plugged in... is it?

Answer 17

Very possible if there is a power surge. Turn it off especially in an electrical storm. If lightening hit your system, it could fry it.

Answer 18

DUHHHHH GET AWAY FRM iT SMART 1! WHY WOULD U TAKE THE CHANCE???

Answer 19

i find it hard to believe you are not using power surge protection, and if you have a dial up connection, there is a filter, so if your laptop still works i don't think you really got a shock! sorry but them's the facts.

Answer 20

Lightning is a sudden discharge of electricity between charged regions of thunderclouds and the ground. Only about 25 percent of lightning strikes are cloud-to-ground. The rest are either cloud-to-cloud or intracloud

Lightning USUALLY strikes the tallest object. It makes sense that the tallest object is most attractive, because it is the easiest path for the lightning to take.

Cloud-to-ground lightning can kill or injure people by direct or indirect means. The lightning current can branch off to a person from a tree, fence, pole, or other tall object.

There are three main ways lightning enters homes and buildings: (1) a direct strike, (2) through wires or pipes that extend outside the structure, and (3) through the ground. Regardless of the method of entrance, once in a structure, the lightning can travel through the electrical, phone, plumbing, and radio/television reception systems. Lightning can also travel through any metal wires or bars in concrete walls or flooring.

Answer 21

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Answer 22

if its attached to the wall then maybe, only if it hits your house though

Answer 23

You don't mention if it's plugged in or not? If so, and your house had taken a power surge, you could probably assume your laptop would be fried. That's why we have surge protectors!

If you just got a zap and lived to type about it, it's more likely that you built up some static charge walking to your laptop and ground yourself when you touched it.

Answer 24

Yes you could be electricuted using you're labtop during  lightning.

be careful.....

Answer 25

not unless everything in your house was wired completely wrong. You have nothing to worry about. If you really want to be safe then unplug it and use the battery.