My earphones shocked me. What do I do?

[goo]

I was talking on steam voice chat while watching TV, and listening to my radio and my left earphone rattled and shocked me. I put it back in and it started rattling again, and flicked it out of my ear. What do I do with my earphones, I don't want to trash them because they are quite nice.

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These are the stupid things. I also have long hair, if it matters.

[meepugh]

That is quite shocking.

[soccerskyman]

That must have been an electrifying experience.

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Also, rated zing for electricity

[Zeke129]

Are your ears wet?

[soccerskyman]

-snip ninjas-

[Sethorion]

You guys don't have the emotional capacitance to handle this correctly.

[Zeke129]

I can't stand this battery of puns

[goo]

[QUOTE=Zeke129;28848370]Are your ears wet?[/QUOTE]

My ears are dry. My TV is also a shitty old CRT TV.

[Zeke129]

Do they do this with any device you plug them into?

[goo]

[QUOTE=Zeke129;28848467]Do they do this with any device you plug them into?[/QUOTE]
Tried with my iPod and they don't shock me.

[Zeke129]

[QUOTE=ElLekay;28848554]Tried with my iPod and they don't shock me.[/QUOTE]

The radio you were listening to when they shocked you, was this a portable radio or something that was plugged in?

If the latter, I'd guess faulty ground wiring in the socket it was plugged into

[Vitamine D]

Buy some new one's

[goo]

[QUOTE=Zeke129;28848589]The radio you were listening to when they shocked you, was this a portable radio or something that was plugged in?

If the latter, I'd guess faulty ground wiring in the socket it was plugged into[/QUOTE]
The earphones were not plugged into it, but it is a boom-box thing on the floor. The earphones are plugged into my laptop.

[Zeke129]

[QUOTE=ElLekay;28848804]The earphones were not plugged into it, but it is a boom-box thing on the floor. The earphones are plugged into my laptop.[/QUOTE]

Well if it only happens on one device it's probably a safe assumption that the device is doing something odd and not the earphones

I know contact with anything metal that's plugged into a socket with a poor ground connection can cause shocks. Static can also cause shocks with earphones.