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How to Remove Static Electricity
HOW TO 
Tags: Static Electricity, Unwanted Shocks, Remove Static Elcetricity
Do you want to get ride of that little buzz when you touch your medal doorknob in the morning? Below is a list of ways to do it:
| 1. | Limit contact between moving bodies. Items collect static charge when spare electrons (trapped by a lack of conductive outlet) are collected or "swept up" by a passing body. Creating lots of friction--say, by rubbing your hands on something or dragging your feet along the carpet--encourages static electricity buildup. |
| 2. | Put a cotton layer between materials that tend to hold static electricity. Paper, plastic and synthetic materials are efficient generators of static electricity. Hair, clothes and shoes are well known producers. |
| 3. | Experiment with different soles to reduce your shoes' take-up of charge from synthetic carpets. Spray the carpet with an anti-static agent available from carpet suppliers. |
| 4. | Wet your hair slightly before styling, and use a modern hairdryer with a built-in ion emitter (these reduce static buildup). |
| 5. | Increase humidity. Static effect is increased in environments of low humidity. Buildings using air-conditioning, high levels of heating, or those with a lot of insulation can have low humidity |
| 6. | Ground the static by touching a grounded appliance, wiring a ground circuit, or by applying a neutralizing charge. Static accumulates in areas where the charge cannot escape. |
| 7. | When working with sensitive electrical components or volatile materials (such as papers/powders/flammable liquids) sparks and electrical discharge can cause catastrophic failure in sensitive electrical components and ignite volatile substances. |
| 8. | Enjoy a Static Free World :-) |
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