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by **Londonrake** » Sat Sep 09, 2023 3:38 pm

Keep your pecker up mate.

Here's a bit of science for you:

Static Electricity Explained

A friend and I were walking into the Pro shop at a local golf course when he touched the door knob and was shocked by static electricity. He turned to me and said, "Damn, I wish someone would explain that damn static
electricity to me." So I did and here is my explanation, especially for my non-engineering friends . . .

Static electricity is an imbalance of electric charges within or on the surface of a material. The charge remains until it is able to move away by means of an electric current or electrical discharge.

For modelling the effect of static discharge on sensitive electronic devices, a human being is represented as a capacitor of 100 microfarads, charged to a voltage of 4,000 to 35,000 volts. When touching an object this energy is discharged in less than a microsecond:

Are you still having a little trouble understanding this? If so, this photo may help.

Static.jpg

Now, that’s static electricity!