Getting Rid Of Static

[d00dz]

Anyone know how I can groud the car or something?

Because everytime im wearing a nylon or woolen jumper and i drive around and get out of the car and close the door i get a static shock

How can one overcome this?

[blind_elk]

Try grabbing hold a metal part of the car (door, door pillar, etc) before putting your foot onto the ground. That should at least evenly distribute the static charge between you and the car.

[Ant]

Grounding the car won't help - 99% of the time you are discharging the static on to the car, not the other way round so grounding it will only make the problem worse....

Blind_elk's solution is the best, grab hold of a bit of metal while putting your foot on the ground as you get out.

[TokyoTaxi]

If you want to be rice about a solution, there are Key Fob's ( key chain things ) that they sell in shops like Just Jap & Advan that look like little spark plugs. When you get out of the car you hold one end and place the other end against a bare metal part of the car ( eg key hole ) and the electricity discharges and makes a little light on the end glow ( simulation of spark plug firing best seen at night ).

In Autobacs in Tokyo, there's like a whole isle of these things lol :lol:

[Taran]

Here's something i've found to work. Ground your shoes. All you need is some thin copper wire running from the inside of your soles out to the ground.

[d00dz]

hmm thanks guys... will get out of the car like an old granny now - both hands on the sides to get out hehe

[Silver-Arrowz]

Is it only winter you get shocks getting out of the car? If so then it means you've got dry skin. You don't get much during summer because of the humidity. Use moisturizer and lube up!

[Mumbo#5]

be careful when filling ur fuel tank up too... stactic will light up fuel vapours.. so make sure ya grounded!

[d00dz]

be careful when filling ur fuel tank up too... stactic will light up fuel vapours.. so make sure ya grounded!

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ya i saw that in beyond 2000 show.

and yea i touched the car metal body alot when i was filling up

[blind_elk]

Is it only winter you get shocks getting out of the car? If so then it means you've got dry skin. You don't get much during summer because of the humidity. Use moisturizer and lube up!

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It's probably more noticeable in winter because you tend more to wear things like acrylic jumpers that generate the static.

Truth be known, winter is (generally) more humid than summer, but it's not as noticeable because of the lower temperatures.