View Poll Results: Do you have static elecricity in winter
Yes, I hate it and get shocked
12
22.64%
Sometimes
14
26.42%
No, not an issue
24
45.28%
My car runs on static electricity
3
5.66%
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I am going to shoot my own car up if I get static one more time...
02-16-07, 07:25 PM
#18
Lexus Fanatic
iTrader: (20)
Every #$((#) winter, this static electricity hits me. Every winter. Over the weekend, every time I hopped in Dave's new LS, SHOCK and we used it a few times.
Every time I touch that car in the garage. ZAP ZAP ZAP. If I walk by and graze..ZAP!!!
I touch the doorknob...ZAP...
I look for plastic ZAP.
I am going to start spitting on my hands before I touch the car. Does fabric softener sheets work???
Every time I touch that car in the garage. ZAP ZAP ZAP. If I walk by and graze..ZAP!!!
I touch the doorknob...ZAP...
I look for plastic ZAP.
I am going to start spitting on my hands before I touch the car. Does fabric softener sheets work???
INSIDE the house, another solution is to add a humidifier. I added them to my home in Atlanta when I lived there, and holy holy - problem solved.
Well his knuckles are already on the ground.
Some years ago I'm working in the high desert in Nevada and this place has the worst static electricity problem I've ever seen. Carry a lightbulb in your hand and it lights up bad.
This woman co-worker with has the habit of scuffing her feet on the way into the office and discharging on my head once she's in the office. It's a visible lightning bolt that arcs from two inches away and SNAPS. It felt like I stuck my head in a socket.
So after a few weeks of this I get tired of it... I go to the store and get a couple of cans of Static Guard spray
and dose the carpet all the way from the parking deck to our office.
She scuffs her way in and touches my head. Nothing, I just grin.
It turned to not such a nice victory when she had a hard time breathing... apparently all that static guard triggered her asthma. Some co-workers who had witnessed the weeks of fireworks said it was deserved, but I still felt bad. But it makes for a funny story 15 years later, lol.
This woman co-worker with has the habit of scuffing her feet on the way into the office and discharging on my head once she's in the office. It's a visible lightning bolt that arcs from two inches away and SNAPS. It felt like I stuck my head in a socket.
So after a few weeks of this I get tired of it... I go to the store and get a couple of cans of Static Guard spray
and dose the carpet all the way from the parking deck to our office.
She scuffs her way in and touches my head. Nothing, I just grin.
It turned to not such a nice victory when she had a hard time breathing... apparently all that static guard triggered her asthma. Some co-workers who had witnessed the weeks of fireworks said it was deserved, but I still felt bad. But it makes for a funny story 15 years later, lol.
If static is a problem, touch the car first with your butt.
The bigger the surface area (your butt), the more widespread the electricity will course.
The smaller the surface area (your finger), the more concentrated the electricity will shock you.
Next time, pull down your pants, and rub your butt cheek on your car...
The bigger the surface area (your butt), the more widespread the electricity will course.
The smaller the surface area (your finger), the more concentrated the electricity will shock you.
Next time, pull down your pants, and rub your butt cheek on your car...
Definitely.
Dry skin exacerbates static.
02-19-07, 06:20 AM
#22
Lexus Fanatic
iTrader: (20)
02-19-07, 08:04 AM
#23
Grab onto a metal part of the car as you get out. Or get a leather grounding strap on your car. I recommend the touch car with key method myself. Use the valet key or something and touch the inside of the door frame. I also do this in my friend's apartment since they have carpeting in the hallways... cool blue spark as I put the key to the door.
02-20-07, 01:18 AM
#25
Tech Info Resource
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Try Fairbanks AK in the winter. -50F outside. Humidity is dead zero percent. Even holding my room key in my hand as a discharge point, I got arcs to the door **** from 10cm away without any foot dragging. And they STILL hurt every joint in my hand.
The cloth seats in my tC were terrible for this in NorCal winters too. I know just how you feel. ONE MORE TIME AND IT'S IN THE CRUSHER!!!
The cloth seats in my tC were terrible for this in NorCal winters too. I know just how you feel. ONE MORE TIME AND IT'S IN THE CRUSHER!!!
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