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Anyone Else Have an Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Problem in the Winter?
J-Mac:
I have lots of static problems with my car (and have with all the different cars I have owned in the past) - the discharge strips you can dangle off the car don't seem to do anything for me so I presume it is me discharging rather than the car!
I also wear a lot of outdoor sports type clothing and find I get zapped nightly as I get ready for bed ... (not in a pleasant way I might add :-[).
My cats also get shocks from me (which doesn't go down well but they forgive me pretty quickly for my quirky behaviour).
Don't know what the solution is - short of spending your life with bare feet on a floor that conducts to earth!
-Carol Haynes (January 08, 2008, 04:51 PM)
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Sounds like you have a bit of this, Carol. Mine has always been extreme, though. I can deal with it, but not the occasional frying of components!
Jim
J-Mac:
Ditto what app said. You should also look at what you wear on your feet while walking around the house. If you can wear something with pure rubber soles.
-tinjaw (January 08, 2008, 05:26 PM)
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Rubber soles on carpet are deadly. Lots of static generated with rubber soles.
As Carol recommended, I go barefoot inside sometimes, but it doesn't seem to help. I have so many small to medium size ant-static pads in my house that it's kind of comical at times.
Jim
J-Mac:
I keep thinking that with technology exploding as it is, there will be something discovered to take care of this. But it never seems to happen. :o
Jim
Dell[a]:
J-mac, were you ever struck by lightening anytime in your life? hanging out with you must be an electricfying experience :P
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