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New Belt The belt I have is new and clean, and the static shocks are quite shocking! I even tried to ground myself, with a wire from the treadmill to me-and shocks came every 4 seconds. Needless to say, I threw away the wire. Would a single surge protector help? I'm curious , and will purchase...

Static electricity a lot of what your saying is probably correct, plus friction caused by the running shoes will create the shocks. However, I am sure that the material of the sneakers, such as the nylon used, increase the presence of static shock.

I eliminated static shocks I eliminated static shocks by wearing different running sneakers. (after I paid a lot of money for them)