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How do you get rid of static electricity in your body?

Nearly everything made of metal is giving me a small shock when my fingertips go near it. Even the bloody metal bed frame. It`s f***ing sore as it gives quite a wallop. I don`t wear any clothes with nylon in it.

Maybe I should walk around with a bit wire leading from my arse to the ground thereby earthing myself.

Anyone any ideas/suggestions.

Yours shockingly

Will

First thing I thought of was shove a copper lead up your @rse but on reading further I see you thought the same thing :D

I get it as well so if you do find an answer I will be trying it too.

Sometimes when I am getting in or out of the car in the night you can hear the click and see a blue flash , it doesn`t hurt just makes me jump if I am not expecting it.

Edit : you got me thinking about this now and have found this on google www.school-for-champions.com/science/staticcont.htm

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This item was edited on Monday, 14th March 2005, 11:56

My old electronics lecturer at Exeter College had this problem, none of his demo`s ever worked properly because of it, he had about 6 dead Spectrums (including 3 that were tested in the shop) DOA at home & had to physically discharge himself against the radiator before he kised his wife goodbye in the morning.

Some rotten student flogged the story to the papers (No it wasnt me).



I quite like the Helpdesk people in a benevolent (as opposed to malevolent) way as they do some valuable work in preventing us being inundated by every halfwit who can work a phone.

I get quite a big shock from my Phillips VCR whenever i touch the metal casing, i think my carpet is the culprit,

the weather can cause a lot of static electricity build up, the same thing that creates lightening can make you spark when you touch stuff. Need to go around barefoot



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I suffer from this problem myself but think i have found out whats been going on. At first I thought there was an electrical problem as all my av equipment was giving me shocks. I realised that it only happened after i got off the sofa wearing my desert boots (as bizzare as it sounds) If i wear trainers or no shoes at all, i never get a shock.

hope that helps


only settle for metal

You need to Increase the Humidity in your house. Nylon clothes/carpet and dry skin is a classic for being suseptable to the "Fun Jolt" of it. . I used to work in a service dept with a death defying Nylon carpet, and rubber shoes combined. It was a shocking experience constantly. You can use moisturiser (sp?) which will give the misses something too do for the evening. :)

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I get zapped with static electricity from the cats all the time! :-o

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Dunno about static but I know that if you touch the on/off power connections on the inside of a PC with the back of your thumb with it still plugged in and switched on you get thrown across a room and become annoyingly breathless for a short time :)

Me and electrics just do not get on :)

Choagy FFCUK The SPL :)

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Take a look at your furniture and your clothing. Make sure you ALWAYS have a cotton garment between synthetic materials. Never let synthetics brush together. Polyester against nylon, for example, is asking for trouble.

It may be that you`ve bought a new nylon carpet? (wear leather soled shoes or buy an anti-static treatment spray for the carpet). Anti-static sprays can provide a short term solution (needs to be repeated periodically) but the best answer is to remove the offending articles or cover them with cotton fabric.

As has been mentioned,dry air causes static build up. Moist air tends to discharge things that are charged.

If you think about what has changed, you`ll probably see one or two garments or furniture that play a major role in the problem.