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Also, if I move off the rug and stand on the wooden floor with the phone, do me the phone and floor become a closed circuit? Where does the closed circuit end? As in the floor is attached to walls and the door and door handle. 😳

Thank you for your answer. I got a shock from the dog (coming from him to me I think. So before I picked up the phone I touched a faucet, and door handle and no zap, then picked up the phone. While holding the phone I opened another door and still didn’t experience and discharge that I could...

Please be kind - have probably a silly question about static electricity, the type when you walk across a carpet and touch something and you get a spark/shock on your finger. Hoping someone here can answer as I’m getting confused. If I’m holding say a cell phone in a rubber case and I have...