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Originally Posted by jraj Hai,
I used to have this static shocks very regularly in winter.
You can try these 2 steps as i found them working fine for me.
1.Touch any cement surface(for example pillars in your parking lot or boundary wall of your compound)before attempting to close your car doors.
(I touch the pillars in car parking lot,and when i forget to do this,i get a static shock).
2.Hold the carkey in your hands and touch the car body with the key.As the plastic portion of the key in your hands,it reduces the effect to great extent.
Hope these 2 help.
Jraj |
Spot-on, jraj.
To ground yourself is the best route.
Way back in 1978, 55 people died on board a Shell Oil Tanker due to an explosion. A tank, partially full of oil, was being gauged (a flexible steel measuring tape with a weighed end was lowered to ascertain the level of oil). While pulling up the tape, the metal band touched the tank sides and the spark was enough to ignite the vapours in the vacant space and this resulted in a major explosion.
Rules and gauging procedures have been changed since.
Take care.
PS: This info is authentic, however I was not around and attending kindergarten instead
in Patna.