phillycard

Dammit gang! Please help me. We're all moved in to my house now and my basement (which is starting to look pretty fine I must say ) is the most viciously painful den of static that I have ever had the displeasure of experiencing. I have a very plush carpet and steel bannisters around my bar and up my stairs. My wife and I literally have to lick our finger everytime we turn on a light or touch the railing. I honestly think the shock would kill a man with a pacemaker. Is there any thing that I can do to neutralize the static?

Ryanwb

You can get anti static spray that lasts about 6 months. They sell it in the laundry department, it's antistatic spray for shirts and skirts

Jersey Girl

Get a humidifier. It's the only thing that worked for me during the winter when I lived in Jersey.

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Russ Smith

Yep that was going to be my recommendation too I'm not sure why it works but it does.

I used to work for a company that had a cleanroom and when the humidity got too low in the room, the production guys were always getting shocked. We'd just take some water and boil it to release steam in the room, humidity would go up, and the shocks would go away.

I never quite understood it but it was our HVAC contractor that suggested it would help and it did. The only other way to get humidity in the room is to heat the air before it goes in, but we had strict temp parameters and couldn't do that, so we used the water instead.

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Brian in Mesa

Put up with the static for a bit longer - think of the comedy material you might get out of it.

:futureepisodeofphillycard:

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SteelDog

High humidity = less static. Low humidity = more static.

Also, you could by some anti static matting for under the carpet but I doubt your going to pull up all your carpet for that.

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phillycard

Do I just spray it on the carpet??

AzCards21

No!

Spray it yourself and then laugh as your wife gets shocked constantly.

I'm surprised you have any comedy material.

Ryanwb

Yes

I had this same problem in one of my apartments and this stuff fixed it. Is that carpet really new? If so, once you break it in the static will go away

Heucrazy

Man up and take it.

Like others have mentioned imagine the comedic potential.

Not to mention that after a few years you might devlop some sort of electrical super power and be able to fight crime.

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dreamcastrocks

Same here. I just bought a really nice set of car mats for my Scion. Everytime I get out, without fail, I shock myself.

I am going to try washing them first, and if that doesn't work, the antistatic spray.

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Ryanwb

Are you certain of the correlation to the car mats? I had a problem with a '97 honda civic and it turned out there was a faulty ground wire in the car that would cause the shocks

Ryanwb

BTW, I looked at the name of the product at Target last night. It's called "Static Guard" it's in a dark blue can with Orange letters. Stuff works like a dream. My wife puts it in her hair when it gets static (don't tell her I told the secret!)

dreamcastrocks

Not absolutely certain, but I never had the problem before I installed the mats.

I may take them out for a few days to see if that is the problem for sure.

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Louis

Here's a trick casinos use to limit static...

They put dryer sheets at the bottoms of change carts and have their cashiers walk the floor with them attached to the bottom of the carts.

Or static guard.

Or you could buy a wireless wrist band that removes static discharge from your body.