[TriLUG] [OT] ESD issues

[Myrhillion]

I made the mistake recently of getting out of my car, then putting on my 
polar fleece jacket after I already had my ipod shuffle over my neck.
As the fleece came around my body and touched the ipod headphone wires, 
I got a nice shock right up to my ears, about the same moment I was 
realizing
all the staticy sounds the fleece was making and thinking this might not 
.. . *zap*.   That hurt!

Doug Taggart

William Sutton wrote:

>As I know this list has a number of very creative individuals on it, here 
>is my somewhat off-topic problem for consideration:
>
>I discharge on darned near anything I touch lately.  Even sheetrock walls.  
>If I brush against the wall, *zap*.  I touch the stansion pole on the 
>subway car, *zap*.  I flip on the overhead light in my cube at work, 
>*zap*.
>
>It's getting annoying, not to mention shocking, and sometimes downright 
>painful (paricularly, say, when I go to get in the car...).
>
>I've been resorting to some odd behaviors to try to err...dissipate....the 
>effects:  touching the metal part of the key with my finger and touching 
>that to the door lock of the car, gently brushing the side of my arm 
>against the wall before I open the fridge, etc.  Sometimes it works, 
>sometimes it doesn't.
>
>It doesn't seem to be limited to location.  All I need is to walk up to 
>something and *zap*.
>
>It doesn't seem to be limited to shoes (I don't think).  I have a pair of 
>dress Doc Martins and a pair of Timberland walking boots.  It also happens 
>when I'm only wearing socks.
>
>I don't think it's related to humidity levels since it happens everywhere 
>(including outdoors, although lower humidity seems to exacerbate the 
>effect).
>
>So the question is....does anyone have a good solution for this?
>
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