does anyone else get shocked when exiting their civic
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i get shocked all the time when i get out of mine, it kind of freaks me out when im getting gas because i hear about people creating a spark by getting out of their car and the gas igniting
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I get shocked all the time
I get shocked all the time
You searched for your first post.....I don't know man, I think you deserve an award or something....SERIOUSLY...
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go to your local big box store like canadian tire ot walmart and buy this black strip and it has a reflective piece on it and attach it to your car frame. this should ground the car and stop the shocks
Yeah damn Honda ...they can't even bend the laws of static electricity. Damn them!
When you're getting out of your car, your clothes rubbing up against your seats is generating the static. It worse in some cars depending on what you're wearing and what material the seats are made of, and the humidity. If it's cool and dry, you will generate lots of static. The static is built up on YOU, not your car. You are really shocking your own car, not the other way around. All you guys letting your GF or buddy get out first to take the hit are just getting lucky you're not shocked either. You both generate a charge getting up, its just chance if you dont get it either. Maybe you didnt build up enough charge to feel it. If you close your door by pushing on your window, you wont get shocked, but you'll still hold the charge. The next conductive material you touch will get zapped unless you discharge yourself on something else like walking around outside when its humid or something. If you don't believe me, then drive your car around and have someone walk up and touch it who hasnt been inside your car. He wont get hit. Then you get out of your car and touch it....ow.
FYI: You cannot feel static until you've generated somewhere close to 4000 volts. If you heard it, then you're up over 5000 volts. You can generate up to 35,000 volts of static on your body. Yeah, you might think I'm crazy, but it's true. It only doesnt kill you because there's almost no current running through you.
I don't know in the 8+ pages if anyone's covered this, cuz I dont feel like reading that much about ESD.
When you're getting out of your car, your clothes rubbing up against your seats is generating the static. It worse in some cars depending on what you're wearing and what material the seats are made of, and the humidity. If it's cool and dry, you will generate lots of static. The static is built up on YOU, not your car. You are really shocking your own car, not the other way around. All you guys letting your GF or buddy get out first to take the hit are just getting lucky you're not shocked either. You both generate a charge getting up, its just chance if you dont get it either. Maybe you didnt build up enough charge to feel it. If you close your door by pushing on your window, you wont get shocked, but you'll still hold the charge. The next conductive material you touch will get zapped unless you discharge yourself on something else like walking around outside when its humid or something. If you don't believe me, then drive your car around and have someone walk up and touch it who hasnt been inside your car. He wont get hit. Then you get out of your car and touch it....ow.
FYI: You cannot feel static until you've generated somewhere close to 4000 volts. If you heard it, then you're up over 5000 volts. You can generate up to 35,000 volts of static on your body. Yeah, you might think I'm crazy, but it's true. It only doesnt kill you because there's almost no current running through you.
I don't know in the 8+ pages if anyone's covered this, cuz I dont feel like reading that much about ESD.
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Yeah, technically that may be true... but it doesnt occur in other vehicles that also have cloth/fabric seats! I've never had this dilemma in the other cars i've driven
not sure why its different w/ the Civic.
not sure why its different w/ the Civic.
Depending on what materials is used in the cloth seats helps determine how much charge you create. ESD happens in every car and with everything. You are the one generating the charge not your car. Just you sitting at you desk working on your computer is generating up to 100V of static. Whether or not you're generating enough to detect it is another thing. I felt it in my Ranger, in my wife's Focus, in my brother's Eclipse, in my dad's GTI with leather seats even. Blame it on yourself not your car.
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