macbook vibrating while charging

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My MacBook vibrates while charging. Is this normal?
According to some online forums this is due to inadequate grounding. How do I fix it?
 
backstreetboy said:
Dear Lord. What are you going to complain about next? Just go back to Windows for the love of eveyone on the forum.

My Air vibrates as well.
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The engineers who designed the Mac probably got fake qualifications
 
margincall said:
You mean to say there's no way to stop the vibrating??????
This is ridiculous. It could be in violation of some Electrical Safety Standard somewhere.
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My current MBP doesn't vibrate. Currently. It's never been an issue for me or big enough that I have never seen a news article on it.
 
Something wrong with your plug point. Try another plug point and see if that changes it. Because of this "vibrating" thing, I was able to save a BnB owner a bunch on his electrics repairs. Turns out his wiring was all sorts of wonky.
 
margincall said:

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If I buy this cable will it ground and stop the vibrating?
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Yes. One would have come with the laptop though.

FWIW the two prog duckbills are not grounded hence the tingle.

EDIT - the green arrow is the earth connection (ignore the red circle).

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So I fixed the issue.
It is a matter of grounding. Once you get a 3 pin plug vibration stops.
Still, dumb Apple engineers don't know how to design correctly. I'm sure it must be in violation of an Electrical Safety Standard. I should report it to the authorities. Get this product off our shelves.
 
margincall said:
So I fixed the issue.
It is a matter of grounding. Once you get a 3 pin plug vibration stops.
Still, dumb Apple engineers don't know how to design correctly. I'm sure it must be in violation of an Electrical Safety Standard. I should report it to the authorities. Get this product off our shelves.
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You're very special. Good luck with that.
 
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