My car shocks me - OUCH!
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My car shocks me - OUCH!
Every single time I get out of my car it shocks me real bad. It used to be not so bad but since I put the inverter in the car, it's much worse. Almost like it's charging the body or something. What can I do? Can I run a ground wire from the body to the negatire terminal on the battery to complete the loop? Do I have a weak ground for my inverter? I have the inverter grounded on one of the bolts that holds the head unit into the dash, and I have the headunit grounded through the wire harness. And today I'm going to be installing my amp and grounding that on the body as well. I'm going to have spiky hair after this!
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What about shocks when I get out of my car?
Many people experience shocks when they get out of their car. Often they believe that the car is charged - but this is not normally so.
Sitting in the car, electrostatic charges are generated on the car seat and the person's body, due to contact and movement between the clothes and the seat. When the person leaves the seat, They take half of this charge with them. As they get out of the vehicle, their body voltages rises due to this charge - a voltage of 10,000 Volts is not unusual.
When they reach to touch the vehicle door, the electrostatic discharge and shock occurs as their hand approaches the metal door.
The voltage build-up can often be avoided by holding onto a metal part of the door frame as you leave the seat. This provides a return dissipation path for the charge on your body.
If you have forgotten to hold the metal door part as you leave the seat, a shock may often still be avoided by touching the glass window before you touch the metal door. The glass may be conductive enough to dissipate charge, whilst preventing the rapid discharge which is felt as a shock.
Many people experience shocks when they get out of their car. Often they believe that the car is charged - but this is not normally so.
Sitting in the car, electrostatic charges are generated on the car seat and the person's body, due to contact and movement between the clothes and the seat. When the person leaves the seat, They take half of this charge with them. As they get out of the vehicle, their body voltages rises due to this charge - a voltage of 10,000 Volts is not unusual.
When they reach to touch the vehicle door, the electrostatic discharge and shock occurs as their hand approaches the metal door.
The voltage build-up can often be avoided by holding onto a metal part of the door frame as you leave the seat. This provides a return dissipation path for the charge on your body.
If you have forgotten to hold the metal door part as you leave the seat, a shock may often still be avoided by touching the glass window before you touch the metal door. The glass may be conductive enough to dissipate charge, whilst preventing the rapid discharge which is felt as a shock.
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Rep Power: 305 i just step out without touching anything and close my door with the toe of my shoe on the bottom edge of the door. sometimes i still get a shock but you can hardly feel it through the shoe.
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static electricity + humidity = no more static
in the winter, it gets a LOT drier than the rest of the year creating a more conducive environment to static.
static electricity + humidity = no more static
in the winter, it gets a LOT drier than the rest of the year creating a more conducive environment to static.
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Originally Posted by 7thGenerasianCivic
^ no they don't 
I use the window method.
I use the window method.
Finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my question has been answered. ive been stuck with this problem for several months now. people would ask me how come i always close my door through the windowswith my fingers or how come i dont touch the metal part of the door with my hands when getting out of my car. i thought i was the only one going through this stupid problem.
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Rep Power: 287 another tip for you guys and girls out there.
Say your going home, and you park your car. Even if you do get out of the car with the windows trick and not get shocked. Have any of you ever get shocked by the door handle on your house front door???
I always get shocked from the front door of my house. I have another good tip though. Before you touch the door handle at your house, tap the door handle with your key. At night, I always see a blue spark, lol. I'm full of electricity.
Say your going home, and you park your car. Even if you do get out of the car with the windows trick and not get shocked. Have any of you ever get shocked by the door handle on your house front door???
I always get shocked from the front door of my house. I have another good tip though. Before you touch the door handle at your house, tap the door handle with your key. At night, I always see a blue spark, lol. I'm full of electricity.
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Rep Power: 305 yeah i get shocked on the door handles too. At work rolling around in my computer chair I have to watch out for drawer handles and such. The other day i was getting out my car at Office Max and I dropped my keys, went to pick them up and got zapped really freakin good. That had to be the worst shock ever.
I used to get shocked frequently, but ONLY when I wore New Balance running shoes. I assume it had to do with the plastics or rubber used in those particular shoes. Most of the time I'm wearing sketchers safety shoes now, and there is no problems with shocking at all.
I'm not joking either.. I can't recall ever being shocked with the safety shoes on, but almost every time I'd leave the car with the NB I'd get a zap.
I'm not joking either.. I can't recall ever being shocked with the safety shoes on, but almost every time I'd leave the car with the NB I'd get a zap.
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Originally Posted by XSRCivic
damn wtf? ->
a few seconds of .03 A of current (through the heart) can seize the heart and kill you.
wow that was lame. 
thats okay i can amuse myself as usual. 
