Collymore Posted 25 May 2006 Posted 25 May 2006 They always catch you when you least expect them. Those freezer doors at the supermarkets are the worst.
Nationwider Posted 25 May 2006 Posted 25 May 2006 Getting out of my car. Grrrr. I remind myself of Sideshow Bob when he's stepping on the rakes. I just get these repeated inevitable static shocks.
Collymore Posted 25 May 2006 Author Posted 25 May 2006 Getting out of my car. Grrrr.I remind myself of Sideshow Bob when he's stepping on the rakes. I just get these repeated inevitable static shocks. yeah the car is bad too! Sometimes I'm scared to shut the door.
Knighton Matt Posted 25 May 2006 Posted 25 May 2006 And laptops... You can have all the power suits in the world but it all gets undone when you wince having just been shocked by your ruddy computer...
lookwhaticando Posted 25 May 2006 Posted 25 May 2006 yeah the car is bad too! Sometimes I'm scared to shut the door. take it like a man Static shock is terrible here in the winter time. You can get shock off almost everything. And the stuff that usually gives you a light shock now gives you a much bigger shock Bloody annoying at the best of times, downright painful at worst
Collymore Posted 25 May 2006 Author Posted 25 May 2006 When I start getting them off door knobs I know I'm in for serious static. i think it's to to with the clothes you wear, hence the winter?
billabob Posted 25 May 2006 Posted 25 May 2006 scoot around on a carpet in just socks for long enough and eventually you build up enough static in you that when u touch someone else they get a shock, mhwa ha ha ha ha
lookwhaticando Posted 25 May 2006 Posted 25 May 2006 When I start getting them off door knobs I know I'm in for serious static. i think it's to to with the clothes you wear, hence the winter? Here it's weather related I believe. Something to do with it being well below freezing in the winter (-40 is seen once a year usually, -30 is unspectacular, -20 is expected and -15 is about the average for January). I can go out when it's -10 dressed like a northerner and I get shock off everything still - so I think it's mostly weather/climate related. *edit* having looked it up quickly, it's mostly due to the moisture content in the air. When the air is very dry, static shock is at its worst - in the humid summer air, it's less noticable. We usually only notice static electricity in the winter when the air is very dry. During the summer, the air is more humid. The water in the air helps electrons move off you more quickly, so you can not build up as big a charge. The winter here is very dry - there's no rain and rarely any sort of moisture to speak of.
Collymore Posted 25 May 2006 Author Posted 25 May 2006 Here it's weather related I believe. Something to do with it being well below freezing in the winter (-40 is seen once a year usually, -30 is unspectacular, -20 is expected and -15 is about the average for January). I can go out when it's -10 dressed like a northerner and I get shock off everything still - so I think it's mostly weather/climate related. Are you an eskimo living in the arctic? The coldest night you'll get in the England is -8 and that will make the news headlines.
lookwhaticando Posted 25 May 2006 Posted 25 May 2006 Are you an eskimo living in the arctic? The coldest night you'll get in the England is -8 and that will make the news headlines. I know the weather situation in England. I did live there for the first sixteen years of my life And I'm not living like an eskimo - I'm living in the Capital of Canada (Ottawa) Not exactly roughing it. *edit* oddly enough, you live closer to the arctic than I do Ottawa is on about the same latitude as Madrid or somewhere in Spain anyway
Collymore Posted 25 May 2006 Author Posted 25 May 2006 I know the weather situation in England. I did live there for the first sixteen years of my life And I'm not living like an eskimo - I'm living in the Capital of Canada (Ottawa) Not exactly roughing it. *edit* oddly enough, you live closer to the arctic than I do Ottawa is on about the same latitude as Madrid or somewhere in Spain anyway I hold my hands up I should have checked your location! that's interesting with the static! Last time I'm reaching into the freezer without being earthed
lookwhaticando Posted 25 May 2006 Posted 25 May 2006 I hold my hands up I should have checked your location! that's interesting with the static! Last time I'm reaching into the freezer without being earthed
Guest Posted 26 May 2006 Posted 26 May 2006 I get static shocks off of everything, even the kitchen sink.
Phube Posted 26 May 2006 Posted 26 May 2006 Just to make people sound manly about the pain. Even a little spark has huge voltage behind it!! Infact for electricity to arc in air it takes ~3000V per cm!! So if your 2cm away that's a whoping 6000V into your finger!!!
Benji Posted 26 May 2006 Posted 26 May 2006 the metal stair bannister at our work is the worst for it guarenteed once a shift i get one from them, yes i know i should learn to stop touching them but it's habit when you walk down them. At tennis as well when you wind up the net some smart ass decided to make it from a material that gives you a fecking shock everytime.
Guest seanfox778 Posted 26 May 2006 Posted 26 May 2006 have you ever worn tracksuit bottoms on a trampoline then touched the side to get off you get quite a bad shock then
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