Hazardous Survival Socks

[HuckleberryFun]

It's been bitingly cold here the past few days so I've been wearing wool socks. My feet are warm, but yesterday I got shocked ten times or more when I reached out to touch something. Static shock!
I hope that doesn't happen when I reach for my rifle!

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[Larrytpdx]

It's been bitingly cold here the past few days so I've been wearing wool socks. My feet are warm, but yesterday I got shocked ten times or more when I reached out to touch something. Static shock!
I hope that doesn't happen when I reach for my rifle!

Or your gun!

 

[WAYNO]

I don't know if it's the socks. I'm still wearing my summer weight cotton/poly and I'm getting shocked. I even get shocked when I pet the cat. And she touched me last night to let me know her food bowl was empty and i got shocked thru the bottom of her foot.

Don't know why, but when it's cold and dry, I just expect to get shocked.

WAYNO.

 

[etrain16]

Just heard an explanation for this on the weather the other day. During 'normal' weather when there is slightly higher humidity, the static charge that is building up on our clothes, etc. (happening all the time), can dissipate through the water vapor in the air. Water is a conductor, air is an insulator, remove a lot of the water from the air and you have no conductor to bleed away that charge. During extremely dry times like we have had the last few days, with very cold air, the static has no place to go, so it builds up, at least until you give it an alternate path to discharge.

As for me, I've lost count of how many times I've been shocked, sometimes heavily, over the past few days.

 

[HuckleberryFun]

Just heard an explanation for this on the weather the other day. During 'normal' weather when there is slightly higher humidity, the static charge that is building up on our clothes, etc. (happening all the time), can dissipate through the water vapor in the air. Water is a conductor, air is an insulator, remove a lot of the water from the air and you have no conductor to bleed away that charge. During extremely dry times like we have had the last few days, with very cold air, the static has no place to go, so it builds up, at least until you give it an alternate path to discharge.

As for me, I've lost count of how many times I've been shocked, sometimes heavily, over the past few days.

That makes sense. Thank you, Professor Etrain.

 

[Larrytpdx]

With a dew-point of only 3 the air is very dry and there is not enough moisture in the air to dissipate the natural electrical charge

 

[Capn Jack]

Frequently ZAPPED!
Maybe I should start wearing a static strip like I've got on my cars and computer.

 

[Camelfilter]

Yeah, discharge yourself these days if your planning on doing any reloading.

Maybe setup an anti-static mat where you set or stand if you reload during low humidity?

 

[that guy]

Flood your home with an inch of water. Problem solved!

 

[HuckleberryFun]

^^^^^^
I think I saw "that guy" at the range.

 

[Medic!]

No shocks here.

Witch is strange? Since I'm not well grounded.

 

[etrain16]

Flood your home with an inch of water. Problem solved!

In the winter, when my step father would run the wood stove constantly, the air in the house would get really dry, the static was awful. Eventually he took to putting a kettle on the stove at all times to put some moisture back in the air - worked pretty well actually.

 

[Capn Jack]

It helps if you leave the door to the bathroom open when you're taking a hot shower.

 

[cigars]

It's been bitingly cold here the past few days so I've been wearing wool socks. My feet are warm, but yesterday I got shocked ten times or more when I reached out to touch something. Static shock!
I hope that doesn't happen when I reach for my rifle!

Pretty much the same here for the last few days. My dog is now losing his trust for me.

 

[Capn Jack]

YER DAWG !!

We heat with a propane fireplace and I have to ground my wife
before I can kiss her.

 

[Camelfilter]

YER DAWG !!
I have to ground my wife before I can kiss her.

Shocking!...couldn't hep myself...

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Yep lots of static around here as well.
Our dog and kitties are starting to get a little hand shy. ( At least until chow time )
Andy

 

[Capn Jack]

YUP !
It sure freaks them out.
Those sparks in their fur as you stroke them are sure something.

 

[JohnnyD]

Funny this is just happening to me these last few days. Im shocking everyone

 

[Libertas7]

I haven't shocked anyone for a while (shocking I know ). I kind of like shocking people, it makes me feel like this: