The shock comes not from the electrical discharge itself, but from the hole
it punches in your skin as it jumps the gap to the metal. Static was a big
problem when we moved into a new building - touching brass door handles and
the like - until we were advised to carry a bunch of keys and touch the
handles with those first. We got some lovely sparks and cracks but not
'shocks'. Eventually they sprayed the carpets with some kind of solution
(literally as well as figuratively).
PaulH.
-----Original Message-----
From: Simon Matthews <simon_atwork@hotmail.com>
To: richard.arnold@juno.com <richard.arnold@juno.com>
Cc: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: 07 November 1999 05:32
Subject: Shocking behaviour ** OFF TOPIC**
>Richard,
>
>This is quite common in modern cars, but the solution is quite simple: as
>you get out of the car, you must continuously hold onto a metal part of the
>car. What I do is: Open the door, grab the edge of the door, get out of the
>seat and then after I am standing outside the car, I release the door.
>
>I believe the problem is that you become chaged as you get up from the
seat,
>hence you must hold a metal part of the car as you do this.
>
>Simon
>
>
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