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- From: jimf@centerline.com (Jim Frost)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Help!Static Charge Shock--Civic
- Date: 18 Dec 1992 19:59:49 GMT
- Organization: CenterLine Software, Inc.
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- Three possible fixes that people told me about when I was asking:
-
- 1. Hold the frame when you get out of the car. This will cause
- discharge while the static is building and you won't even notice it.
-
- 2. Spray the seats with an anti-static spray (the kind used to
- eliminate static-cling on clothes). This doesn't last long but it
- does work.
-
- 3. Install a discharge plate and always touch that before touching the
- car frame. A discharge plate is essentially a resistance between a
- conductive plate and the frame of the car. The folks on
- sci.electronics said that virtually any resistance over 100k ohms will
- work. I'm planning to install a 500k ohm resistance when I get around
- to it.
-
- Several people have said that Scotch Guarded seats are a major cause
- of static build-up since Scotch Guard is a really good static barrier.
- Virtually everone I've spoken with who has a problem with static has
- seats treated with Scotch Guard.
-
- jim frost
- jimf@centerline.com
-