Why do I get a static shock EVERY time I touch metal?
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Pick up your feet and stop shuffling.
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touch a metal which is well grounded.
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you're well insulated.  Therefore when you collect charge from moving around, you don't lose it very easily.  Then you touch something, a door, or metal that is a very good conductor....you lose the charge in the form of static electricity.  walking around on plastics will do the trick...turf, trampolenes, synthetic carpeting.  As they are very willing to give you charge that they have built up, and if you're well insulated...you start collecting it.
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Hard to say without a picture or to see the process. Gas pressure? Wind? Contaminants in the metal? Wrong gas mixture?\nHere's a couple of links that may help..
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As you are building a computer, ESD sensitive parts can get damaged.  You can buy an ESD wrist strap and hook it to the AC outlets center screw (between the two plugs).  This will let the static electricity discharge through ground and not hurt your components.
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Heat shock ot thermal shock, is the effect heating or cooling has on an object. Think of a car engine. Every time you start it, the temperature of the engine goes from ambient to a few hundred degrees. It's like hitting it with a huge hammer every time you start it. This shock could effect the material in different ways, just like heating an object does. Steel will become more and more brittle, aluminum looses strength.\nAlso, thermal shock can happen when an object is heated unevenly. An iron bar heated on one end will cause it to expand on the heated end. The cooler end will not expand as much as you heat the bar. The uneven heating causes stresses as part of the bar expands and part doesn't.
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Two reasons: dis-similar materials and it is an insulator.\n\nHere's how: When you drag a plastic comb through your hair, or rub a ballon against your hair or take a nylon coat off while wearing a polyester sweater, you are rubbing two different materials together.\n\nOne material has a slightly greater affinity for electrons and picks up some from the surface of the other material.  So one item ends up being negatively charged and the other ends up being positively charged.  This enables you to stick the charged ballon to the ceiling, but it also gives you a static spark when you touch something grounded like a light switch.\n\nJust like rubbing your feet (while wearing shoes) on the carpet to zap another kid back in school.  You can build up 1,000-2,000 volts of static electricity (at a very, very low amperage!).\n\nIf the material were a conductor, the charge would be carried away.  So it does not happen with metals.\n\nIt only happens on dry days because humid air bleeds off the charge.  So we mostly notice the effect inside during winter when our heating systems create dry indoor air.\n\nThere are anti-static sprays sold for computer users for carpets and clothes that make them a little bit conductive.  "Anti-cling" sheets to add to the clothes dryer do the same thing.
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I have that problem every winter, especially at work. I have gotten to the point where I will touch the door with my hand before I touch the doorknob to discharge the static electricity. That way u don't get shocked when u touch the handle. If I'm going to touch the sink or anything like that, I'll touch something near by, like the cabinet, with my knee first. I
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Fur rubbed on plastic or glass is a classic way to make a static shock.  By wearing those gloves and turning the steering wheel, you are building up a good bit of electricity.  Don't drive with those gloves on.
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Surface static electricity is formed on insulating substances because you can by friction rub electrons onto or off of a surface.  In metals, electrons are shared between every atom in an electron 'sea' as opposed to the localised bonding in insulators.  Therefore in metals, any electrons deposited on or removed from a surface simply migrate/diffuse into the metal and remake the balance that existed initially.
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Static electricity. You need to be careful about this as it can severely damage your system. You may need one of those bracelets that help to discharge the static electricity before you get on your computer during the winter months as the weather & walking around on carpets is part of what helps to create the build-up...
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I sounds like static electricity.\n\nLeave the  mouse, lick the tip of your finger and slowly touch the pointer before it moves, you might get a little shock but you'll get all the energy out of it and it should stop its nonsense.
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It is just a thought and I don't know where you live but when winter hits, it causes the air to have less moisture in it. Consequently, the less humid air causes more static electricity. Walking on carpets with shoes that have rubber soles makes it happen some how. The electricity comes from the friction between your boots and the carpet. It won't hurt you and it won't cause you to get struck by lightening.
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Utilize some conductor between you and the grounding point. For example, hold a key (make sure you're touching the metal part!) and touch the key to the grounding point (door knob, etc.)\n\nThe static charge you have accumulated will flow through the key, and the arc will be produced between the key and the door knob. Since you are in contact with the key, the electrons will flow freely through you, and the energy causing the 'zap' will only be between the key & door knob. You will not feel a thing.\n\nTo reduce your tendancy to develop a static charge, walk barefoot, wear cotton clothing and increase the humidity level of your living environment.\n\nTo learn more about the principles of static electricity, check out these lectures offered by professor Lewin from MIT, click the link below...
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First find something fibrous like a carpet, a fuzzy carseat, or something else like that.  Rub your clothing on it for a good bit.  Make sure you aren't standing on or around something metal or it'll ground you instantly (thus negating any charge you'd build up).\n\nAdditionally, a factor that you have little control over--you must be in an area that has relatively low ambient humidity (<<10%).  If you live in a Rainforest, for example, pretty much nothing you do will generate enough static to create a shock.  Good luck and happy shocking.
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You can spray your clothes with an anti-static spray like Static Guard or Staticide to prevent static electric buildup. I usually see them in computer parts stores (static is bad for computers).\n\nDuring the winter, there is very little humidity in the air. Dry air is a very bad conductor of electricity. During the summer months, you produce just as much static electricity, but it leaves your body quicker through the moisture in the air.
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If this is a constant problem then buy a humidifier. Static electricity is less likely to happen if the air in your house is not so dry.