Grounding

[southprk 10+ year member]

So I drive for 30 minutes, then when I get out I touch my door and I get the shit shocked out of me. I understand why, I'm the human ground wire. My amps are grounded to a seat bolt. Would it do me any good to either ground it directly to the frame?

It's not a small shock, it doesn't bother me but the women yelp - also that's a lot of static electricity to have just sitting on your car, waiting to zap some other electronic device.

Anyone have some advice? Would running back to where the battery grounds help??

Thanks

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[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

Depending on what I am wearing my car shocks the piss out of me in cold weather. It's just like dragging you feet on the carpet and touching the doorknob. Your clothes rubbing on the seat builds up a static charge differential between you and the car that discharges when you touch the door. Shouldn't hurt anything and has nothing to do with your grounding point.

 

[the_flatlander 10+ year member]

I'd touch your car each time you refill your gas tank

 

[Diplexers 10+ year member]

I'd touch your car each time you refill your gas tank

lmao. Thats some funny s$#t.

 

[Diplexers 10+ year member]

So I drive for 30 minutes, then when I get out I touch my door and I get the shit shocked out of me. I understand why, I'm the human ground wire. My amps are grounded to a seat bolt. Would it do me any good to either ground it directly to the frame?
It's not a small shock, it doesn't bother me but the women yelp - also that's a lot of static electricity to have just sitting on your car, waiting to zap some other electronic device.

Anyone have some advice? Would running back to where the battery grounds help??

Thanks

Keep your ground wire as short as possible. The shorter the wire the less resistence it has thus making for more efficient operation.

 

[maylar 10+ year member]

Depending on what I am wearing my car shocks the piss out of me in cold weather. It's just like dragging you feet on the carpet and touching the doorknob. Your clothes rubbing on the seat builds up a static charge differential between you and the car that discharges when you touch the door. Shouldn't hurt anything and has nothing to do with your grounding point.

Bingo.
Dry air (winter) makes this problem much worse. Wearing wool sweaters and stuff does it even more. Bzzzzt.

If you really wanna get rid if it, you need to ground your car to the earth. Really. There were grounding straps made just for this that were popular 50 years ago. Flexible conductive straps that hang from the car frame and touch the ground when you stop. Dunno if they're still around.

 

[eaglemn05 10+ year member]

yea about touching something metal when you get out of you car thing....we had someone somewhere close to my town who touched the gas nozzle and blew the rear off of his car...i hope he didn't spend more money on the interior of his car, than he did on the car itself....like me...lol

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

I'd touch your car each time you refill your gas tank

You watch "Myth Busters" too! :thumbsup

 

[the_flatlander 10+ year member]

yep good show

 

[DbRufus1234 10+ year member]

when u get out of your car like grab the door or some part of the frame and get out like that because u wont get shocked when u shut the door or when u touch your car once your out