In winter I always get a shock upon closing my car door (after driving somewhere anyways). Normally out of habit I either wait until the passenger get’s the shock OR I just close the door my pushing on the window. Anyways my question is, could I avoid all this if I were to take a piece oc wire and attach it to something metal under the car and leave it long enough so it drags on the road? Would that be enough to ground it?
Almost certainly the static charge is due to sliding across the seat of your car as you get out. The static buildup of the car itself is unlikely to be the cause (despite what the Car Talk guys say). Hence you need to either ground yourself (the key thing is a good idea) or do something to prevent static buildup via the seat. For the latter, you might try “static guard” type products that you spray on fabrics.
Note that these shocks are enough to a: kill your car radio if you touch your car antenna first. b: start a fire filling up your car. (A lot more women than men cause gas station fires. Some suspect it’s because the women are more likely to get back into their car while filling up, e.g., to get their purse, and get back out- touching metal and yowsuh.)
This IS the answer. The problem HAS been solved, and you will quickly recognize this when you consider:
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This is now a problem for you, but you have been traveling in cars all your life, so it cannot be generic to all cars, but must be specific to your car.
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If you happpened to, as my bother did, buy plush acrylic seatcovers, you would find the shock was at annoying proportions. When he switched to a leather seatcover, the shocks were gone.
This happens to me also every winter (certainly in my last 2 cars, I don’t recall for my first car). It happens in my friends cars too. I can just go in the car to grab something from the glove box and it still does it. My solution, when exiting any car in the winter I hold on to a metal part of the door or chasis as I get out.
Hope this helps.
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