I have a real electricity problem
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- Assticker
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I have a real electricity problem
Hello everyone,
I'm a faceit player living currently in agleria and Iβve been battling an inconsistent, heavy "mouse feeling" and input lag issues for years. Today, I finally did some serious hardware troubleshooting and uncovered what seems to be a massive electrical/grounding issue. I would love to get your expert insights on this.
1. The Environment & Discovery
The Setup: Currently running an open test bench.
The House: The electrical installation is unstable. House lights occasionally flicker, and my external AVR (Automatic Voltage Regulator) buzzes constantly trying to clean up the dirty power.
The Shocking Part: My electrician recently confirmed that my entire house has absolutely no grounding/earth wire connected.
2. The DMM Measurements
Using a digital multimeter (10 MΞ© internal impedance), I measured the voltage between the metal chassis of my PSU and my finger as a soft reference to the floor:
The multimeter stably reads ~60V AC floating voltage on the PC chassis.
When checking standard wall outlets in this part of the house, there is zero continuity/path to earth.
3. Peripheral Behavior & High Polling Rate Failure
This electrical mess perfectly explains a bizarre hardware behavior I've been experiencing:
Razer Viper V3 Pro: Inoperable above 1000 Hz. If I switch the dongle to 4000 Hz or 8000 Hz, the cursor exhibits insane jitter, micro-stutters, and pixel-skipping. Micro-corrections in-game become physically impossible.
Logitech G Pro X Superlight (v1): At 1000 Hz, it feels noticeably more stable and handles the environment better, though the overall "heavy mouse" feeling persists depending on the time of day.
Console Tracking (Bonus Fact): I noticed the exact same phenomenon on my PS4 console a while back. At my house, the Rotational Aim Assist in Warzone felt "dead" or completely non-existent (likely due to EMI/jitter corrupting the controller's analog data line). When I brought the exact same console/controller to a friend's house with modern, properly grounded electricity, the aim assist was instantly "sticky" and perfect.
My Questions is :
Does a 60V AC floating ground plane mathematically guarantee data corruption/packet delay on high polling rate USB controllers (like Razer's HyperPolling)?
My electrician told me that rewiring the house to add a proper ground rod will require breaking walls and a massive renovation. In the meantime, would a Pure Sine Wave Double-Conversion (Online) UPS or an Isolation Transformer mitigate this USB jitter, or do they still absolutely require a functional physical ground path to bleed the PSU leakage current?
Has anyone else successfully solved the "heavy mouse / broken tracking" phenomenon solely by fixing their home's grounding?
Thanks in advance for your technical feedback!
I'm a faceit player living currently in agleria and Iβve been battling an inconsistent, heavy "mouse feeling" and input lag issues for years. Today, I finally did some serious hardware troubleshooting and uncovered what seems to be a massive electrical/grounding issue. I would love to get your expert insights on this.
1. The Environment & Discovery
The Setup: Currently running an open test bench.
The House: The electrical installation is unstable. House lights occasionally flicker, and my external AVR (Automatic Voltage Regulator) buzzes constantly trying to clean up the dirty power.
The Shocking Part: My electrician recently confirmed that my entire house has absolutely no grounding/earth wire connected.
2. The DMM Measurements
Using a digital multimeter (10 MΞ© internal impedance), I measured the voltage between the metal chassis of my PSU and my finger as a soft reference to the floor:
The multimeter stably reads ~60V AC floating voltage on the PC chassis.
When checking standard wall outlets in this part of the house, there is zero continuity/path to earth.
3. Peripheral Behavior & High Polling Rate Failure
This electrical mess perfectly explains a bizarre hardware behavior I've been experiencing:
Razer Viper V3 Pro: Inoperable above 1000 Hz. If I switch the dongle to 4000 Hz or 8000 Hz, the cursor exhibits insane jitter, micro-stutters, and pixel-skipping. Micro-corrections in-game become physically impossible.
Logitech G Pro X Superlight (v1): At 1000 Hz, it feels noticeably more stable and handles the environment better, though the overall "heavy mouse" feeling persists depending on the time of day.
Console Tracking (Bonus Fact): I noticed the exact same phenomenon on my PS4 console a while back. At my house, the Rotational Aim Assist in Warzone felt "dead" or completely non-existent (likely due to EMI/jitter corrupting the controller's analog data line). When I brought the exact same console/controller to a friend's house with modern, properly grounded electricity, the aim assist was instantly "sticky" and perfect.
My Questions is :
Does a 60V AC floating ground plane mathematically guarantee data corruption/packet delay on high polling rate USB controllers (like Razer's HyperPolling)?
My electrician told me that rewiring the house to add a proper ground rod will require breaking walls and a massive renovation. In the meantime, would a Pure Sine Wave Double-Conversion (Online) UPS or an Isolation Transformer mitigate this USB jitter, or do they still absolutely require a functional physical ground path to bleed the PSU leakage current?
Has anyone else successfully solved the "heavy mouse / broken tracking" phenomenon solely by fixing their home's grounding?
Thanks in advance for your technical feedback!
Last edited by Assticker on 22 Jun 2026, 09:04, edited 1 time in total.
- Assticker
- Posts: 26
- Joined: 20 Aug 2023, 12:19
Re: I have a real electricity problem
Also:
-Bought my father a 4k TV ( Janurary 2026) , then he got a that weird purple line in the display two months later
-My Zowie Xl2540,bought it from a friend 1y ago , 4 months later, the OSD fonts became shit, like having some sort of ghosting
-Changing AMD Chipset Drivers, can somehow change the mouse behaviour, same thing with Realtek LAN Drivers, my router is plugged in another floor , without grounding ( i have 0 grounding )
-Bought my father a 4k TV ( Janurary 2026) , then he got a that weird purple line in the display two months later
-My Zowie Xl2540,bought it from a friend 1y ago , 4 months later, the OSD fonts became shit, like having some sort of ghosting
-Changing AMD Chipset Drivers, can somehow change the mouse behaviour, same thing with Realtek LAN Drivers, my router is plugged in another floor , without grounding ( i have 0 grounding )
- Assticker
- Posts: 26
- Joined: 20 Aug 2023, 12:19
Re: I have a real electricity problem
if anyone can give me more information about this situation i will really be happy lol.
idk if i should call an electrician or not
if thats the case, im gonna do grounding to 2 outlets, the router's one, and the one im using to plug my PC
idk if i should call an electrician or not
if thats the case, im gonna do grounding to 2 outlets, the router's one, and the one im using to plug my PC
- Slender
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Re: I have a real electricity problem
only radio-technical-ground can fix that.
double neutral wire cant fix that, it has same counter. U dont need make ground, just connect neutral and ground pin in psu cable.
- Assticker
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Re: I have a real electricity problem
ah a Bootleg ground !
but i can do grounding , cause my room/ router's room are both close the balcony , we have a garden aswell, i can break the outlets walls, make a grounding , and shift everything through the balcony , to my garden...
i do think thats more safe ? nah ?
- Slender
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Re: I have a real electricity problem
idk, do it and reply. also you can try use your new ground for pc neutral.Assticker wrote: β25 Jun 2026, 07:20ah a Bootleg ground !
but i can do grounding , cause my room/ router's room are both close the balcony , we have a garden aswell, i can break the outlets walls, make a grounding , and shift everything through the balcony , to my garden...
i do think thats more safe ? nah ?
- Assticker
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Re: I have a real electricity problem
you want to know the funny thing !Slender wrote: β25 Jun 2026, 07:28idk, do it and reply. also you can try use your new ground for pc neutral.Assticker wrote: β25 Jun 2026, 07:20ah a Bootleg ground !
but i can do grounding , cause my room/ router's room are both close the balcony , we have a garden aswell, i can break the outlets walls, make a grounding , and shift everything through the balcony , to my garden...
i do think thats more safe ? nah ?
here in algeria , 90% of the houses are without grounding, yeah ...
in 2024, i was playing faceit , a big thunder occurred, something was off, CS2/Valorant were smooth for 1week, my average kills per game on faceit went from 16 to 22, my kd went from 1 to 1.7, one week passed , the hot mediterranean weather came , and that smoothness went away
to prouve that im not even joking , check this tweet https://x.com/FACEITcs/status/1754500630515798298
look what i did during that week
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astroasis
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Re: I have a real electricity problem
Have you tried using your pc and monitor on sockets at the opposite direction of your house/apartment?
- Assticker
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astroasis
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Re: I have a real electricity problem
I just remember in my old house when i moved my pc from north side sockets to south side it improved, im in a new house now where everythings fine though, it is a hard issue to find and fix if you cant move
