Static Electricity

[Will423]

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 very 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 backside to the ground thereby earthing myself.

Anyone any ideas/suggestions.

Yours shockingly

Will

[JOEYSHABADO]

I commonly generate it with certain types of shoes, maybe nylon soles. That's where I'd look first. It's really horrible, I hate touching bannisters and getting that shock. It can be fun to touch people's noses, however. Also, don't trail your feet!

[Guinevere]

This was happening to me all the time a while back and I could not figure out why - it even happened when I touched other people (my boyfried touched me on the neck and gave me an almightly shock, right on the jugular - really hurt!) I took to taking off one shoe to 'earth myself' on a regular basis!  It did stop eventually though. 

I still get shocks getting out of cars in the summer though (dunno why in the summer, something to do with weather, being really dry etc?) The way to avoid this is to hold the card door (on the metal) whilst getting out and only let go when your feet are on the ground outside.

[smudge]

I suffer from this all the time! I spent last week-end traipsing around the shops trying to find an anti-static spray of some kind, to prevent it happening, but all to no avail.

[peanut]

one reason for static electricity is dry air, take a look see  Here.

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[smudge]

Thank you peanut, I shall print that off to read later.

[crisgal]

yep, this is all very familiar. I push the trolley around the supermarket with my sleeves pulled over my hands - also when pressing lift buttons!

Apart from the pain, I always seem to let out an involuntary and very unattractive yelp! Thereby attracting unwanted attention as well as the annoying static!

[peanut]

you're welcome smudge

[bluka]

I suffered from this terribly.

Seemed to be a result of working in close proximity to a photo-copier, since once I had it moved the problem seemed to go away.

Guinevere is right about holding the metal of the car door, if you are getting out of the car.

Walking around shops or at work, I found the best solution was to earth myself by touching a metal object with the longest piece of metal I had on me - my door key.  Because the static arced at the tip of the key, rather than the tip of my finger, I didn't feel anything.