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 my car keeps zapping me :|
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Fri, 17 October 2003 08:09
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for some unknown reason my car keeps zapping me when i get out and touch the door. It has only been doing it for the past 2 weeks and it is really pissing me off! some times it nearly hurts it gets me that good. I have no idea what is causing it because i havn't played with anything for a long time. As far as non standard electrical things go, I have a cd player, amp & an alarm. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Fri, 17 October 2003 08:15
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did you start wearing different shoes in the last 2 weeks??
sometimes you can avoid the static zap by putting your feet on the ground when you get out, while still holding the door, then close the door, with the other hand....i think that works??
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Re: my car keeps zapping me :|
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Fri, 17 October 2003 08:18
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Fit an antistatic strap and stop being a bitch 
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Fri, 17 October 2003 08:20
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argh i hate it!
it happens in my mums car (new rolla),
so i dont touch the door anymore, i shut the door on hte glass, so i dont get zapped
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Re: my car keeps zapping me :|
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Fri, 17 October 2003 08:23
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| toyotaboy wrote on Fri, 17 October 2003 18:22 |
but those straps look so gay....
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So fit it under the car where it cant be seen 
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Epping, Sydney
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Re: my car keeps zapping me :|
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Fri, 17 October 2003 08:27
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but those straps look so gay....
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no matter where you put them they look gay.. haha, every time I see one I am like, "GAY".
so I get zapped 
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Re: my car keeps zapping me :|
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Fri, 17 October 2003 08:28
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fair enough 
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Re: my car keeps zapping me :|
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Fri, 17 October 2003 08:50
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This happens to me to!!! so fucking annoying. Its been happening to me for ages. Like 4months. The small zaps I can handle but sometimes I get some big fuckers.
The way i avoid it is by closing the door with the window.
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Fri, 17 October 2003 09:03
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when u are getting out of the car hold the key in your hand and touch the lock barrel with the key, u will discharge thru the key, see a nice bright blue spark but u wont get shocked
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Re: my car keeps zapping me :|
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Fri, 17 October 2003 09:28
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| RobST162 wrote on Fri, 17 October 2003 18:27 |
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but those straps look so gay....
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no matter where you put them they look gay.. haha, every time I see one I am like, "GAY".
so I get zapped
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You must have your car raised to the max if you can easily see it when fitted underneath
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Fri, 17 October 2003 11:23
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Its a weird one alright.. my 'expensive' cars such as all the supras i've had over the years dont do it. But all the cheap crappy cars (Fords, Toyota Avensis, Renault etc) all do it.
I've found the bext way to avoid it is clench your fist and tap the bottom of your hand on the roof. You still get the discharge but its over a large area and you dont feel it at all (although you will look a bit odd every time you get out of your car and tap the roof like you love it).
Dont get out and avoid touching the car, you'll just get the shock from something else when you go inside the house.
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Fri, 17 October 2003 11:29
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| HedgehogSandwich wrote on Fri, 17 October 2003 21:23 |
Its a weird one alright.. my 'expensive' cars such as all the supras i've had over the years dont do it.
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This means the build quality is not too good! ie the pannels are not earthed the way they should be!
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But all the cheap crappy cars (Fords, Toyota Avensis, Renault etc) all do it.
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Maybe they are not that crappy after all
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Fri, 17 October 2003 11:44
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ive never been zapped by any car
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Fri, 17 October 2003 11:47
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Thats cause you have girly cotton fingers
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Fri, 17 October 2003 11:51
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Dude honestly like that other dude said just touch the body of the car as you put your foot on the ground and you wont get it.
How do i know this?
My car has been doing the same for the last 2 weeks aswell.
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Fri, 17 October 2003 11:52
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You must have your car raised to the max if you can easily see it when fitted underneath
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hmmm.. my celica ain't THAT tall I think I can 'sense' them.. haha
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Fri, 17 October 2003 12:18
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my supra does it to me on occasion - only with one of my pairs of shoes tho.
just bump your arse against the back panel (or back door if its a 4-door) and quit whining
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Fri, 17 October 2003 12:21
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You believe what you will, but I can tell you now that having leather seats isn't going to earth out your body panels 
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Fri, 17 October 2003 12:28
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Its not the body panels that cause the problem, its the way the charge is generated in the first place.
The static (which is what the spark is, im sure i dont need to tell you that though) is generated in your body and clothes due to the friction when you get out of your car or when youre driving. If you slide out of nylon seats when you get out of your car, or your feet are moving around on nylon/polyester carpet when youre driving then thats when the charge is built up.
Only certain materials build up the charge. Wool doesnt (well not much anyway), neither does leather.
So, if you've got wool or leather materials in the seats and carpets, you cant get the charge in the first place, and you cant get zapped. Make sense?
That's why you *will* get zapped on the cheaper cars, as they tend to use more man made fibres in seats and carpets, which increase the chance of the charge building up.
[Updated on: Fri, 17 October 2003 12:34]
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Fri, 17 October 2003 12:33
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Sorry I must be mistaken, the dry air and winds blowing accross the car doesnt cause static!!
Ok thats clear, i'm sorry
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Fri, 17 October 2003 12:34
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Just stop wearing your girlfriends silk underware !!!!
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Fri, 17 October 2003 12:38
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I'm sure it does.. but that gets discharged in the body of the car pretty much instantly doesnt it?
by the way, i'm not having a go.. just civilised discussion
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Fri, 17 October 2003 12:45
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If your body panels are not earthed how can your body discharge on them? Most "expensive" cars dont have all the body panels earthed, like door skins and guards! For example the door skins are normally glued on and the guards are normally insulated! This is why dont get zapped on these cars, this is also the main cause of corrosion and rust!
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Fri, 17 October 2003 13:01
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| HedgehogSandwich wrote on Fri, 17 October 2003 22:55 |
2. Havent you got your cheap and expnsive mixed up? Surely all the cheap cars panels are glued together rather than the expensive ones.
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No. The so called cheap cars have the door skins welded and the guards bolted directly on.
The "expensive" cars use glue to try and stop vibrations! These expensive car manufactures dont care about build quality or how long the car will last, they just want the car to sound good on the show room floor!
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Fri, 17 October 2003 13:26
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heh heh, i went to a seminar by a guy from the UK (Rudd) who specialises in automotive composites...
an example was the Aston Martin "Vanquish" (iirc)
aluminium space frame, 1 piece carbon fibre trans tunnel (thats one big sheet of CF!!) etc etc.
all the structural parts are either aluminium or carbon fibre/epoxy, and the non-structural parts are GRP. the composite panels are glued to the aluminium frame...
gluing can actually be much stronger and give more rigidity than having spot welds every few inches on the bendy edges of sheet metal panels...
as for zapping, if you have fluffy polyester seat covers (like i do for rego time) and you slide in and out wearing cotton or synthetics.. oh man... ZAAAAAAAP!!! but with just the plain silvia seats, no zaps at all!! i vote for the clothing zap.. wearing anything new recently??
then again, when air humidity is low for a while, thing start charging up, simply cos the surface static that is on everything doesn't dissipate via air moisture...
take it like a man dammit
Cya, Stewart
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Sat, 18 October 2003 00:07
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Build up of static works in a number of the ways already mentioned. The key to your problem (and a lot of other people's) is the difference between the charge build up on yourself and on the body of the car. This becomes more noticeble in dry weather periods because the air is more highly charged and less of the car's static charge is able to dissipate via the air. It's hard to put your foot on the ground first when you're getting out of the car so as has been said, open the door and use the back of your hand to push the door open. There are a lot less nerves there to get affected by the zap. Try it, it works. After a while you'll get in the habit of doing it automatically. Oh ... if it's really bad put on an anti-static strap but make sure you attach it to a part of the car that is earthed to the body, not on a plastic bumper bar or something similar as some brightsparks do.
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Launceston, Tasmania
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Re: my car keeps zapping me :|
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Sat, 18 October 2003 02:36
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I think i've worked it out I got new shoes about 2 weeks ago 
Also regarding what scorpion said about warmer dryer whether, it has also been a lot dryer and warmer here in the past 2 weeks.
I might just have to drive bare foot
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Melbourne
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Sat, 18 October 2003 15:37
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hmmm...
and i thought i was the only one to get zapped by my rolla! haha, its good to see theres heaps of others out there suffering the same fate... 
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