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bathroom anti mist mirror with leds

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This mirror has metal edge pieces which give a smalish shock when touched. When measured to the neutral, this shows 70 volts with a digital meter.  Should this unit be earthed.? Why would this condition exist? Will the power unit for the mirror be transfoemer based or switch mode? I do not know the manufacturer.


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    I had the same thing on a snake breeders numerous racks that housed 6 snakes each. The heat mats that kept the snakes warm, exactly the same as on a mirror demister, were charging the frame giving a small shock. I did a bit of research into it and its really common in the snake breeding world. Bonding them to earth to reduce their potential would get rid of this, but unfortunately he had too many racks and when they were all bonded they would trip the RCD. I seemed to remember it was induced voltage by the heaters when I looked into it. The effect was like a static discharge, once touched it would be fine for ages. I made him a makeshift discharger to touch the metal of the rack to the floor (they had plastic wheels) from a bit of 10mm earth and that sorted it. So probably the same on the mirror, not sure how you would sort it out though. If the voltage is constantly present, doesn't go to zero once touched and felt a shock, then there must be something more to it. The plastic covering the heaters goes brittle over time an breaks down
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    I had the same thing on a snake breeders numerous racks that housed 6 snakes each. The heat mats that kept the snakes warm, exactly the same as on a mirror demister, were charging the frame giving a small shock. I did a bit of research into it and its really common in the snake breeding world. Bonding them to earth to reduce their potential would get rid of this, but unfortunately he had too many racks and when they were all bonded they would trip the RCD. I seemed to remember it was induced voltage by the heaters when I looked into it. The effect was like a static discharge, once touched it would be fine for ages. I made him a makeshift discharger to touch the metal of the rack to the floor (they had plastic wheels) from a bit of 10mm earth and that sorted it. So probably the same on the mirror, not sure how you would sort it out though. If the voltage is constantly present, doesn't go to zero once touched and felt a shock, then there must be something more to it. The plastic covering the heaters goes brittle over time an breaks down
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