Recent content by BlakeInCanada

I never walk barefooted. The floor is carpet.. I would guess it's berber. Looks like this http://www.worldfloorexpo.com/images/ALDD-CRP/simplyawesomeii.jpg Socks are cotton. (bless 'em) The floormat under the computer chair is probably clear vinyl. It's very easy to build up a charge on it...

I don't know how that will help, and it's not a solution, I have to always touch metal now in order to discharge. I'm looking to prevent static from being a problem or to make it go directly from the couch to the ground.

oh, sorry, I thought I read you saying the body sends its charge into the fabric instead of the other way around. It seems to me that electricity will conduct most easily through metal, and secondly the body, and the slowest through fabric. So as it is, I'm taking the static from the sofa and...

But if it was static going from the body to the fabric, why is it that when I get up and touch something metal, a shock happens? Shouldn't it be out of me, and no transferrence would happen when I touch anything?

That's what I was trying to test for, but I would rub and area with polyester cloth and get a shock. I would try again and get no shock. I'd try with cotton, get a slight shock. I can't figure out what is causing the static to sometimes come and sometimes go. If fabric would discharge by...

For the last year, I've used a humidifier for this reason only. It is a huge chore, filling the water up twice a day, and the windows here need to be kept open so it all gets drained anyway. I am looking for a solution to rig and then require no further maintenance.

I searched the last few months of static topics to get a basic understanding how how it happens, but I don't know how to solve my problem. I have a new couch that causes me to shock metal things I touch after standing up. I also have a computer floormat that seems to cause the same thing...

I think I might end up doing that. I can take out the shelf over the fruit drawer and put the whole planter in the fridge on top of the drawer. It would let me keep the upper shelf for drinks too. I could probably fill in the gaps in the seal to minimize energy loss. It would be a little...

I don't know how I could get lights in the fridge. Would it be safe to try?

I have some indoor plants that I didn't realize needed to be cooled in order to bloom. SInce it's too late to get cold air from outside, I'm trying to rig something to make it happen indoors (as cheaply as possible). The stem of the plant where it meets the soil is supposed to be kept around...