car shocking me

[pete2129]

so i have heard of this happening to people but i thought you had to install it incorrectly. i just recently install my subs and amps and etc. but i didnt run my power and my ground i had a shop do it. but now that everything is in everytime i get out after driving somewhere i recieve a quick static electricity shock when i go to close the door. if someone could help me it would be greatly app. cause they seem like they gettin worse.

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[imaspaceguy90 10+ year member]

Wow, thats wierd, is it alike a shock like sometimes when people touch u? or does it last a little longer?

 

[thugpassion 10+ year member]

everytime i get out after driving somewhere i recieve a quick static electricity shock when i go to close the door

i have the same problem, just noticed it recently. i figured it was maybe just the ground grounding out on me?

and mine is just a shock as if someone touched you and shocked you

sorry to hijack your thread!

 

[pete2129]

yea its like when someone touches u but can i correct it?

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

humm sounds like normal static electricty. i get it all the time, doing alarms, going in and out of the car.

 

[Blazin_Jason 10+ year member]

I've been having the same problem. Getting a shock when closing my door after getting out. Turns out that there hasn't been any anti static sheets used in my laundry recently. =)

 

[broham]

it could be when your clothes rub against the material on the car seats causeing static electricity.

 

[prioracy 10+ year member]

i did a search on it cuz it has been happening to me lately 2, one of the posters said to make it a habit to touch your key to something metal before u got out of the car, ever since i have been doing it i haven't been shocked....

 

[SPL140.2 5,000+ posts]

I heard, may be a myth but this is what i heard you take a wire say 4 guage you put it up to the chassis and put the other end to a pole that is at least 4 ft deep and it should take the shocking away. Like i said this is what i heard i dont know if it works or not but hell why not try it and let us know.

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

I heard, may be a myth but this is what i heard you take a wire say 4 guage you put it up to the chassis and put the other end to a pole that is at least 4 ft deep and it should take the shocking away. Like i said this is what i heard i dont know if it works or not but hell why not try it and let us know.

idk. it would be hard to drive with 4 guage and a pole sticking 4 ft deep in to the ground.

 

[SPL140.2 5,000+ posts]

idk. it would be hard to drive with 4 guage and a pole sticking 4 ft deep in to the ground.

lmao you know what i mean //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[PatFitz9 10+ year member]

same thing happens to me... i just kinda got used to it

 

[Black_Jesus 10+ year member]

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problem solved

 

[dleccord 5,000+ posts]

im getting it too, maybe the worlds polarity is about to swap, anyone see that on discovery channel?

 

[Leeiswho2b 10+ year member]

Many people experience shocks when they get out of their car. Often they believe that the car is charged - but this is not normally so. When sitting in the car, electrostatic charges are generated on the car seat and the person's body, due to contact and movement between the clothes and the seat. When the person leaves the seat, they take half of this charge with them. As they get out of the vehicle, their body voltages rises due to this charge. When they reach to touch the vehicle door, the electrostatic discharge and shock occurs as their hand approaches the metal door.

The voltage build-up can often be avoided by holding onto a metal part of the door frame as you leave the seat. This provides a return dissipation path for the charge on your body. If you have forgotten to hold the metal door part as you leave the seat, a shock may often still be avoided by touching the glass window before you touch the metal door. The glass may be conductive enough to dissipate charge, whilst preventing the rapid discharge which is felt as a shock.