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[Misc] All Of A Sudden
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Baker lite
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I always get a little belt after sitting on faux rattan furniture, doesn’t half smart sometimes..
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spongy
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I regularly get shocked at work, the aluminium sheets I work with have a protective pvc layer to stop them getting scratched.
We have a loader that puts them on the laser bed but it regularly picks up several at once so we have to stop it and unstick them.
When the sheets separate you can see blue flashes of static as they separate. Then we come along and have to touch it so regularly get quite a substantial bolt!
What isn't pleasant is that I've usually got my headphones in so the current travels up the cable and I get shocked in my ears which is really unpleasant!
Me and the other bloke have even started playing rock, paper,scissors to decide who has to go electrocuted next.....
We have a loader that puts them on the laser bed but it regularly picks up several at once so we have to stop it and unstick them.
When the sheets separate you can see blue flashes of static as they separate. Then we come along and have to touch it so regularly get quite a substantial bolt!
What isn't pleasant is that I've usually got my headphones in so the current travels up the cable and I get shocked in my ears which is really unpleasant!
Me and the other bloke have even started playing rock, paper,scissors to decide who has to go electrocuted next.....
franks brother
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happypig
Staring at the rude boys
Get into the habit of using a key or similar to touch something that's earthed. You get a jolt because the static jumps from you to another surface with a different potential. Holding a key means it doesn't spark from your skin to the other surface, it sparks from the key.
Gabbafella
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- Aug 22, 2012
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The Mrs was saying earlier she's been getting a lot of static shocks from stroking the cat recently. Thought she was talking bollocks as usual but the cat looked pretty pissed off so I guess it was true.
Raleigh Chopper
New member
Its a warning.
You will spontaneously combust within 48 hours.
You will spontaneously combust within 48 hours.
Jack Straw
I look nothing like him!
I've been hoping for lots of electricity puns on this thread, but hardly any. Then, ohm my God - another one appears!
Back in the early 80s I worked in Nat West, and we had those big sit in computers. They would cut-out / short circuit on a relatively regular basis, and it was usually blamed on staff wearing nylon underwear.
seagull 1979
Praying for points
seagull 1979
Praying for points
That made me laugh a lot
Barnet Seagull
Luxury Player
Swap out the PVC pants for Rubber.
Cotton Socks
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- Feb 20, 2017
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I've noticed getting a couple of shocks from a car recently but if I was getting shocks from my kitchen taps and audio equipment inside the house... I'd be concerned! I think you'd be foolish to refuse to ask someone to look amp check it out.
Resisted it, but give it a phased approach and we’ll make sure there’s not a circuit breaker in the thread and keep it fused together.
If you plug the thread we’ll keep the sparks flowing and give the board power to keep the continuity as long as don’t get our wires crossed or no one short circuits the process.
That’s the current situation as I see it.
Shropshire Seagull
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Nylon is most often the root cause.
Tiled or wooden floors in the home and leather seats in the car sorted my problem out years ago - oh, and wear cotton socks, not nylon.
Tiled or wooden floors in the home and leather seats in the car sorted my problem out years ago - oh, and wear cotton socks, not nylon.
cloud
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It's getting harder to buy cotton clothes these days. Many are now 'cotton rich', which means there's something else in there like nylon or polyester.
I know he's issued a couple of infractions recently but I hardly think he'd be travelling all the way from Essex just to shock someone regularly
