That is a good diagnosis Doug. Keith should have sprung for a leather
interior. In the automotive electronic scene, we are cautioned not to
place any solid-state parts on a plastic service. Plastic collects and
holds static electricity. When you slide across it, you pick up the
charge which can be several hundred volts.
Tom, Redding CA - #216 D/GCC
ARDUNDOUG@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 3/6/2002 11:03:33 PM Pacific Standard Time, kturk@ala.net
>writes:
>
>
>>I've had an interesting problem with my girly truck ever since I've owned
>>it.... damn thing shocks the poop outta you everytime you get out and touch
>>the door to close it.... it has never really bothered me and has actually
>>created some amusement as I usually let a passenger get out first and watch
>>THEM get shocked......
>>
>>Today I had got out to fuel the thing and it was a particularly dry day....
>>I hadn't closed the door so the first thing I touched was the Gas Cap....
>>Hmmm I'm sure all of you can see this going bad....
>>
>>I just thought I would ask you guys what you thought about fixes?.... I was
>>thinking about a simple rubber grounding strap mounted under the truck
>>somewhere.... But I could see 10 folks a day telling me I had something
>>dragging.....
>>
>>
>
>Keith,
> I always found in the days of clear plastic seat covers that the same
>thing would happen with them. Turned out that as my fanny slid across the
>seat it generated static electricity. Unless I was holding ont something that
>was grounded (the steering wheel rim generally isn't) as I slid in, static
>electricity was generated and stored in my body. When I eventually touched a
>ground I got zapped as the charge jumped the gap between my finger and the
>ground source. I became the electrode of a spark plug......Ardun Doug King
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