static electric shocks!!!

Jonno777 Slammed & Awesome Dubber

89 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 9 Oct 2003, 4:42 pm

#97312

For as long as I can remember with my 76 bug, I've been getting static shocks from my bug upon getting out. Some of the shocks have been as bad as an electric fence shock.

Anyone else had this?

modulus Veteran Volks Folk

2,009 posts · joined Jul 2003 · 9 Oct 2003, 5:10 pm

#97325

Seat material + your clothes + friction = static.

Try with fewer clothes.
hth

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baybuscamperkid prince of insufficient light, ruler of heck

4,316 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 9 Oct 2003, 5:20 pm

#97334

i believe it is the shoes you wear - how well they ground you (due to the type of rubber in the sole). do u get it no matter what u are wearing?

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daz67 Qld Manx

627 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 9 Oct 2003, 5:36 pm

#97341

Try this: When exiting the car, Hold onto the door frame before and during stepping from the vehicle. ie hold onto the door during the whole proceedure. This will stop you getting zapped.

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Jonno777 Slammed & Awesome Dubber

89 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 9 Oct 2003, 5:48 pm

#97350

Hmm, my clothing...and possibly my shoes. I'll do an experiment and wear different shoes. I'll also try the 'holding onto the door' trick.

Thanks fellas!!! 😀

jenz58 Postal Menace

9,121 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 9 Oct 2003, 9:10 pm

#97448

Body types as well, some of us are just very prone to them

For some reason my hair was standing on end every day a couple of weeks ago, and at work I was getting zapped when I touched metal. It can happen in & out of cars.

My watches can stop working as well:jesus

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KruizinKombi Seriously Obsessed Cyber Dubber

3,493 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 9 Oct 2003, 9:38 pm

#97480

I've never been zapped getting in or out of either of my two kombis, or even the two type 3's I've had, but my wife's Beetle zapped me nearly everytime I got out of it. I just always assumed the Sacha (the bug) was punishing me for driving her, she is very attached to Heather, after all!!! 😀😉

Serves me right for not driving the kombi! 😎

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2,946 posts · joined Jul 2003 · 9 Oct 2003, 10:58 pm

#97518

Same zapping thing happens to me too when i hop outof my mum's SSS or dad's Civic- when I'm wearing my Birkenstocks (cork and foam sole). But my beetle doesn't shock me ( i think she likes me) no matter what shoes i wear. The holding on to the body when disembarking also eliminates the shocking...
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1,859 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 10 Oct 2003, 1:18 am

#97559

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T25Turbo Slammed & Awesome Dubber

96 posts · joined Feb 2003 · 10 Oct 2003, 4:48 pm

#97748

I believe it is built up by the friction between the car and the air while you are driving along. This occurs mainly on dry days (low humidity) like lip cracking winter days.
My liberty gives me a whack whenever it can, but mainly on dry windy days.
It always makes me jump and I swear every time I do it, because I can never prepare myself for it. I guess because its a nervous (shock) thing.