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I've experienced it and it's markedly different how a laptop feels when plugged into the wall Vs not: it's because of a relatively high voltage (but also high impedance, so not dangerous, though sometimes painful if it focuses through a small point like a USB cable) hum you tend to see in the ground of most modern power adaptors due to noise reduction capacitors.



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