the way static electricity pulls water towards it, is there a way to repel like that?
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Static charge is a charge that is not moving. Therefore it is a build up of opposite charges accross a medium where the current is unable to flow.\n\nWater has a net negative charge. Therefore it would be possible to arrange a pair of plates over a bowl of water with the net negatively charged plate closer to the water.. \nI've never seen this but it should be able to be done and it should repel the water....\n\nOil and Water suffer from this problem.. they are both negatively charged.. This is why they need an "emulsifier" to mix them.. The most common emulsifier in this situation is called DETERGENT.
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static electricity.  If the air is very dry in your house, this can happen, especially on carpet or upholstered furniture and then touching something metal or electronic.  We have this problem too, especially in the winter.  We got a room humidifier and it has really helped.  It adds water to your air.
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It's static electricity. They do have some sprays as well that you can spray on your clothes to control static electricity in your clothes. It might help. Moisture in the air will also help.
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clouds make fricton and it makes static electricity i think?
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When you go to touch something metallic (or the kids, LOL), hold a key or some other metallic object in your hand, and touch the car door, fridge, whatever, with the key instead of your hand.  You'll still feel a shock, but it's only about half as bad, (I guess) because you're allowing the current to flow through a larger area of your hand, rather than the little "lightning bolt" attacking one little spot on your hand.  I discovered that by accident many years ago; probably as I went to unlock my car door.\n\nAlso, you can reduce the static electricity generation by using a humidifier in the dry months.
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A brief explanation of what's going on - in the dry weather, you're building up static electricity on your body as you walk around. When you touch a metal object (like a doorknob) that has very little electric charge, the charge is transferred to the other object.\n\nSo, the short answer is that to prevent the annoying shocks, you need to avoid building up electricity, or keep discharging it to objects. Touching metal frequently will help. Also, you can avoid some of the annoying effects by touching things with something other than your fingertips first - for example, the back of your hand. Your fingertips are very sensitive, and it may not be as unpleasant to get small shocks on other parts of your body.
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Principally yes, lightning will split water, but not through electrolysis but because of the heat.\n\nAssuming your array of lightning rods will attract a lightning, you will need to transform that high voltage into the millivolt region you need for electrolysis, and keep it coming for quite some time since electrolysis is an equilibrium process. In short, you need to store electrical lightning energy, which is so difficult nobody (except Frankenstein :) has produced a workable solution.\n\nHarnessing the thermal energy of the lightning on the other end of the lightning rod would be tricky, too - if the resistance is too high, the lightning rod wouldn't attract the lightning, if it is too low, the thermal energy won't be released where you want it.\n\nStatic electricity discharges generally are unsuitable when you want a current, otherwise someone would have built generators using piezo elements long ago.
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Unless you are talking about pure water there will be at least some impurities in the water making it a weak conductor.  It is for this reason that water tends to short circuit electrical appliances and that you are told to keep them away from and out of the water.  If you are going to put it under water, water proof it.
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The effect you're talking about is called the Bernoulli Effect.\n\nWhat happens is; the water spray is moving rushing past the shower causeing a low pressure region near the curtain.\n\nThis sets up enough of a pressure difference between the inside and outside that the curtain has no choice but to move inward toward you.\n\nIf you aim the shower spray a little more toward the inside wall of the shower it will reduce this effect a little.\n\nYou can change the spray too, that helps a little, but not a whole lot.\n\nIt can be a wicked pain tho....lol.
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I've "witched" water before, but it is a questionable method.  I got 2 two foot long bronze brazing wires from a welder, bent them into equal sized "L"s....not everybody can do it, but you can try it over municipal water lines to see if it works for you.  I am a scientific person generally, but it does work...there is something to it.  be careful to hold them lose but level...go back and forth different directions...if you get a hit, try it from a different direction...don't let your sub-conscience mind take over and try to fool you.  there are times for me that I could not stop the crossing of the wires the indication was so strong.  The method is questionable because there is no depth meter on the wires and it could be anything, like differential density of the sub ground causing it...it could be water or something else.  I have heard of "witching" graves because of the differential density I suppose.
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Separate by introducing a DC current into the water. (you have to add a small amount of salt to make the water conduct electricity).  To put them back together, light a match.  There are safety issues that should be considered.
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Usually underground wires are surrounded by lots of insulation. Plus, the ground itself is an insulator. So even if it does get wet, the power won't go very far. Then there is the fact that a wire is just a wire. Wires do not really short out from water. It is the devices they connect that short out.
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You probably have dry skin, wear static-prone clothing (like fleece, wool, silk or cotton), or wear "hard" rubber/plastic bottomed shoes, or even "slide" your feet more than others while you walk... many things can cause a static build up... I cannot tell you for sure what is the most signifigant cause of your build up... but I can tell you how to disipate the anoying charge, and how to discharge it without feeling it:\n\n\nStatic electricities "enimies":\n\nEarth ground - static "usualy" has an oposing/different potential than ground... many metal objects around your home are grounded... probably the best grounded, easily accessible point(s) in most homes, is/are the screws on the faceplates of light switches, and outlets... in most us homes, these are connected to a ground wire, which connects to at least 1, usualy more ground rods, usualy place near your electrical service entrance... anyways, to make a long rant shorter, touching these will usualy cause the most powerful discharge (it will make a bigger spark, and you will feel it the most), so if you want to get rid of the charge, touch a screw (you will still feel the shock).\n\nmoisture - high humidity, and moisture will cause the charge to dissipate MUCH faster, often, it dissipates fast enough, that a feelable charge never builds up, so spraying your clothes with a fine mist, wil help keep the charge from building\n\nNo more "ouch"? - to prevent yourself from feeling a static charge, you can use something else to make contact... try this, build up a charge, but don't touch anything that normaly causes the static shock, instead, tightly grasp one end of a key, or other metal object that you have in your pocket, then touch the other end to whatever "causes" the shock... or just try touching it to a screw like I mentioned above... watch the end, you will see the spark (especialy in a dark room)... but you wont feel the shock... this is because our bodies mainly only feel a charge where it exits, and when you grasp the key, electricly, it is like an extension of your body, and since you cannot "feel" the end of the key, you do not feel the shock (for the most part).
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I know this sounds funny, but get some fabric softeners and rub them all over you.  It helps with the static electricity of clothes, but it can also help with general static electricity.
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keep it far from electrodomestics\n\n:> peace\n.
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By "magnetize" i'm assuming you mean, induce a magnetic field.  Maxwell's equations say that the easiest way to induce a magnetic field is to run a current through the medium.  Therefore, if the water in question is charged (it has a current running though it and doesn't have 0 charge) it should contain a magnetic field.  It is important to note, though, that the field does not belong to the water but the current running through it.
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No, unless they are at the water surface at the point of impact or a few feet away. The reason is that electrical charge weakens, (dissipates),  dramatically fast with distance, in the water.\nDan.