A popular mummy influencer took to social media on Monday to warn her fans about the potential hidden dangers of using your iPad while charging.
Mel Watts, from the Central Coast in New South Wales, posted a video to Instagram claiming she felt an electric charge when she rubbed the back of her daughter, who was using the charging device at the time.
'Last night, when I said goodnight to Indie, I rubbed her back and I felt a very strange feeling. I thought it was something on her skin,” Mel began.
“She was playing on her iPad, so I had my husband Nolan come over and he felt it too. We realized it was a current coming through the iPad that we had never felt before.”
Mel and Nolan then demonstrated how the device reportedly conducts an electrical current through the user's body.
The couple touches each other's bare shoulders while holding the charging device, claiming they can feel the current.
Mel revealed that she even consulted a professional to assess the safety of the device.
'An electrician came by and he didn't feel it until we realized he was wearing boots. We told him to take them off and he could feel it too.”
Many of Mel's followers took to the comments section to share their thoughts on the matter.
“Never use a phone or iPhone while it is charging,” one person warned.
“I read it has something to do with not grounding the power,” another fan wrote.
Another expressed concern for Mel's family, warning: 'When they originally tested iPads for safety they were on a table and not in a child's hand – hence they are rated as safe. There are so many horror stories on this subject.'
Popular mom influencer Mel Watts (pictured) took to social media on Monday to warn her fans about the possible hidden danger of using your iPad while it's charging via cable
Mel posted a video on Instagram in which she claimed she felt an electric current when she rubbed the back of her daughter, who was using the charging device
Others claimed that the sensation is an indication that the electrical wiring in the user's home has a problem with improper grounding, although Watts did not indicate that the electrician found anything wrong with the wiring in her home.
“The flow's fine,” Mel said.
However, many others claimed that the phenomenon was simply a case of harmless static electricity building up in the device.
According to the Apple official website it is possible that some of their devices generate static electricity while using them.
“Static can potentially build up on virtually any hardware and can be discharged,” the statement reads.
This condition is similar to dragging your feet on a carpet and receiving a static shock when you touch a doorknob.”
'Last night, when I said goodnight to Indie, I rubbed her back and I felt a very strange feeling. I thought it was something on her skin,” Mel began. We then see Mel and her husband demonstrate how it generates static electricity
Fortunately, static electricity shocks in themselves do not pose serious health risks and using an iPad case can help minimize their occurrence.
Mel is a popular mom influencer with over 240,000 Instagram followers.
She lives with her husband Nolan and their four children: Ayden, 16, Ivie, nine, Indie, seven, and Sonny, five.
Watts lives with her husband Nolan and their four children: Ayden, 16, Ivie, nine, Indie, seven, and Sonny, five. All depicted