Re: Static shock

[Virtual Bob <h93young@creighton.edu>]

>I get a static shock every time I close my door when exiting my car.
>Does this indicate a ground problem?

It'll happen on perfectly good system (e.g. new cars, etc.). Most of my
family memebers do not react well with static shocks (me included) for
some reason. Here are some things I've found to work on cars that
minimizes chance of getting one:

1. Get high-end tires. Mjority of gazillion-mile tires and OEM tires have
major problems grounding the vehicle. This will build up static
electricity on the car.

2. If you got "fabric" interior, use something like anti-static spray or
fabric softner and spray it on.

3. Or, spray it on the clothes you wear.

4. Or do both.

5. To ground the cars, the cheapest way is to hang a chain like those
gas-transporting semi-trucks.

6. There are rubber strips available (donno where) that has conductive
wires inside. The rubber is to give weight so the darn thing doesn't "fly"
off of the ground to certain speed.

7. Stick some steel needles to your car body. To make the steel needles
work (i.e. discharge static), it must be clean all the time AND be exposed
to outside of the car.

8. There are electronics circuits that will do the above job that changes
static into RF waves. Nifty, but pointless and expensive.

I've found 'Merican domestics (GM and Chrysler; no experience on Ford) are
the worst offenders. It probably is attributed to design or something.

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