Electric Shocks

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Ok i am ****ing fed up of getting shocks from cars, banisters and lockers, everyday this happens and its driving me mental!!!!

any ideas and how to stop this, short of suggesting gloves

leeroybrown

You could always try permenantly earthing yourself with a huge copper wire

Gordon

Your shoes are the problem. You probably wear plastic soled shoes that do not let the static release from your body.

I got that loads by wearing cotton trousers I think it was. I sat on a plastic chair and whenever I moved it would charge more. It's like that Van der Graaf machine, friction building up more and more.

Change your shoes basically. Unfortunately I'm not sure what to. Leather soled shoes maybe?

LegacyUser

its probally static electricity,some people seem to be more prone to it than others.
try non insullated soles on your shoes like leather as this will help static build up ground itself naturally through the day rather than suddenly all at once when you touch something metalic which is what causes the shock sensation.

Thanx 4 The Fish

Copper wrist band is supposed to stop it too.

Tellox

ah yes, the horrible thing that is static electricity...I'd have to laugh at all the people that jump and shout "ah!" when they try touch the banister in dunnes stores..

best thing ya can do is change yer shoes imho

Mutz

Originally posted by SearrarD
Ok i am ****ing fed up of getting shocks from cars, banisters and lockers, everyday this happens and its driving me mental!!!!

any ideas and how to stop this, short of suggesting gloves

A more Fool Proof and Easier way is to just touch the ground (Non Carpet BTW! Very Importent) with your finger when you are going to be touching a likely surface (e.g. Car Door) . Hey Presto.. Your Earthed!

No More shocks for you

Also, with the car situation, handle the Glass or the door handle. Not the actual metal.

This works for me, as I used to dread touching the car door.

WhiteWashMan

or you could post it on the after hours board, or the science board, or the oh look ive got a problem, i will share it with the world board.
do you realkly think static electricity is a personal issue?
becuase i dont.

by the way, change your shoes, its the rubber on the souls insulating you from the ground.
very annoying.

Lenny

Stop wearing rings too, if you wear any.. I notice it builds up a lot more if you were a few rings.

sceptre

Happens me a lot. I never touch a metal bannister before touching off it with my elbow or something (no shock that way). I once went out with a girl who had the same problem - a kiss would result in a shock to both of us (relationship didn't last - it may have been electric:D) but it was painful (I'm serious - I'm not making it up).

It's bad enough that putting my hand within a foot of a radio aeriel will often make the radio reception a lot better and the radio louder as a result. My mother used to find that one hilarious for some reason.

Changing shoes doesn't seem to make that much of a difference to me - hardly ever happens when I wear rubber soles but having smelly feet is a big price to pay for avoiding a few static shocks.

So, earth yourself before touching something metallic (particularly if you're on a marble or glass floor (all stairs in the UL library) - if like me you teach yourself to do it automatically, you'll never get another shock from stairs, cars, lockers, whatever. And don't go out with any women with the same problem. The one thing to be careful of is the shock you may get when you step out of a car - haven't found a way around this yet. As Mutz probably also does, I always close the car door by pushing the window.

atgate

Low humidity seems to make it worse too. I was staying in a town in the rocky mountains with v low humidity and I was nearly killed with shocks. Mind you it might also have been the very expensive deep pile carpet that was everywhere (very rich town). Or maybe both. Wooley jumpers don't help either - mind you if your full of static switch off the lights, pull off your jumper and watch the light show (you may feel less sad and pathetic if you do this with a loved one).

If you want to shock someone on purpose, slide along deep pile carpet and then touch them with your finger.

B

ciderandhavoc

the worst for this is the steps down to the lower ground floor in Easons (O'Connell Street, Dublin), its the handrail in the centre, I don't touch it now, its evil.

Bloody strange!

The Gopher

This used to always happen to me when i was younger but i just grew out of it.As said department store handrails(the ones that are very smooth,copper coloured and prone to scratching)and car doors were all bad for me.Just left me though:) I got a slight shock a few days ago but it was the first time in ages.

viking

I suffer from this as well, quite annoying really. I've learnt to touch a banister/car door/etc. with my knuckle first before I put my hand on it. i.e. make your hand into a fist and then touch your knuckle off the metal object, hey presto no pain!

viking:D

mdf

Touch the door/object with a key before touching it with your hand - works!

Venom

its probally static electricity,some people seem to be more prone to it than others.

Yup this would be the case I belive.

Id suggest that the only way to cure this alement is to build up a resistance to electricty.This can be achieved by sticking ones finger into the plug socket in your home.Repeatly subjecting yourself to this procedure will ensure that the wussy little charges you get from your car,rail,carpet or underpants after you do a good session,will hardly be noticeable.


The doctor is leaving the building.

Rabies

Originally posted by Venom
Yup this would be the case I belive.

Id suggest that the only way to cure this alement is to build up a resistance to electricty.This can be achieved by sticking ones finger into the plug socket in your home.Repeatly subjecting yourself to this procedure will ensure that the wussy little charges you get from your car,rail,carpet or underpants after you do a good session,will hardly be noticeable.


The doctor is leaving the building.

i kinda tried some thing like that early in my youth.

i got the carbon from a pencil and held it near the spark the lights the gas on our cooker.

just taught i would see what would happen.

the result was a large shock that traveled up my arm. very painful

there was a lesson learned that day

dont mess with electricty, it nearly always win

TacT

Samba changed a fuse in the plug for the commodore 64 when he was 10 or so, with the plug plugged in, he got blasted against the wall on the other side of the room and scared the living sh!t out of the rest of us sitting downstairs having lunch on a sunday afternoon

I used to get electric shocks from the pinball machines so I changed my shoes

sceptre

Could be a lot worse - you could be evicted as a result of your electric shocks

Like this poor chap here