Now that Spring is here, I will not miss the static electricity I get on my clothes during winter. I was wondering, does anybody else get bad static on their clothes in winter here? Getting out of the car is especially tricky as I always get a shock when I close the door. I also get bad static in my hair and it drives me nuts.

The winter is so cold and dry here. Any solutions?

Ozinca

Wear rubber gloves!!!

Hi
static from a car can be eliminated by the old 'static tails'
a strip of rubber that runs from the car body to the road, used to be in car shops in UK , but any strip of rubber should work.
cheers
Jerry

Does that work on snow?

Static here is off almost everything, walking thru a clothes stores can be a painfully experience for the fleece wearers.

I never ever wear nylon in Winter time,

you can get a spray, I believe its called static guard works wonders....

Discharge regularly by touching a metal object with your metal house key. You'll see the blue spark, but no shock!

Hi
In theory it should do, snow is still 'water' and conducts, so the static should discharge thro' the rubber strip when the car slows down and the rubber ' re contacts ' earth.
We used to fit them to the rear bumper, [ fender ? ]
We were told it also cured 'car sickness' in kids.
As an apprentice, I first thought the rubber would wear out fast, until it was explained that as the vehicle moved forward the rubber 'slip streamed' in the air until the vehicle slowed down again.

When working for an electronics firm a few years ago, we had little sticky strips of tin foil, one end was put in your shoe touching the sock, the other end stuck to the bottom of the heel of the shoe, this discharged all static and protected the 'chip's', never once did I fry a chip or feel static.
cheers
Jerry

I have a terrible time with static in my office at work. I am convinced that it is the air conditioning and that the constant movement of the air and very dry nature causes the static build up. Everytime i touch the metal door handle to leave the office (with is pretty frequently) I get a shock. I even tried wrapping the damned handle in tape but it went through it.

It drove me mad too! I thought last year it was because we used a tumble dryer to dry our clothes but it can't be that this year as we don't have one now. 100% cotton clothes would be full of static and my hair would be glued to my head some days.

Never found a solution just wanted to sympathise

As Mrs. Slocombe would say "I get a shock every time I stroke my pussy"

I'm free!

What do you spray with it, your clothes?

I only ever have static in Canadian hotel rooms. Yuk. Is it their cheapo manmade fibre carpets or something?

The Static Guard spray will help with clothes, just spray it on the clothes when you put them on. For static in your house, get a humidifier and you will see it drop dramatically. It will also help your skin and the dry mouth you tend to get overnight while sleeping. I run one all winter and it really helps keep my house more confortable.

Bit confused with this - as rubber is an insulator how can it provide a 'discharge' path for a static charge.

Hi
rubber is a insulator, but the higher voltages of static seemed to discharge down the rubber strip.
wool gives about 9kv, cotton about 7kv, nylon about 21kv , but naturally no amps , so it doesn't kill, at these high voltage usually glass insulators are used on the national grid etc.
One thing no one ever explained to me was why it the tyres didn't discharge it, I still don't know why now.
It worked as we used to fit a few on the cars of the employees, don't think it was a special compound, seem to remember using old sheet flooring rubber from the vehicles being disposed of for scrap.
The rubber strips used in the factory were a spongy type, should be available in canada, as the head office was in canada.
If you are un happy with rubber try a thin chain, but it will wear out as it won't lift in the slip stream.
cheers
jerry

found link to a supplier in uk, should be similar in canada.

http://www.extremeautoaccessories.co...p?section=1205

When the static eliminator wears down through travel if you look at it you will see it has a metal strip inside, this is also attatched to the securing bracket on the eliminator, its the metal that discharges the static.