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Avoiding PowerBook static shock?
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: New York
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I wear a jacket with fleece lining. I take it off when I get into my room and I *ALWAYS* get shocked when I first touch my PowerBooks. Is there anything that I can do to stop this? Is there something that I can touch to stop the sparking? It's not very comfortable to get zapped multiple times per day.
Thanks.
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Dec 2003
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You'll be shocked either way. When you were fleece you end up building up a static charge, and it must be discharged someway or another. You can discharge it by touching a door handle, but you sill still be shocked,
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15 inch MacBook Pro 2.16 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 7200 RPM 100GB HDD.
Dual 2.5 GHz Power Mac G5, 1 GB RAM, 250 GB HDD, ATI Radeon X800XT.
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Senior User
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Milwaukee
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Spray your jacket with static guard. The spark might still be there, but not as bad.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rockville, MD
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I *ALWAYS* get shocked when I first touch my PowerBooks.[/B]
Think of all the money you'll save on shock therapy. 
(Last edited by selowitch; Jan 13, 2004 at 02:09 PM.
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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That cant be good for the PB is it?
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Who reads this???
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: New York
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What if I get a humidifier? Would that decrease the static electricity due to the humidity in the air?
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Paris, France
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Originally posted by selowitch:
Think of all the money you'll save on shock therapy.
LOL 
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: brooklyn ny
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this has happened to me twice this winter...
went to open my pb, a small shock, and...
kernel panic!
had to restart.
now i just touch everything else first...
(before going near my pb)
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"At first, there was Nothing. Then Nothing inverted itself and became Something.
And that is what you all are: inverted Nothings...with potential" (Sun Ra)
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Senior User
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Golden, CO
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I find that you can usually discharge yourself by touching one of the screws on a light switch. I usually do that, or just make sure that I touch my PC first.  And yes, a humidifier would help too.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Chico, CA and Carlsbad, CA.
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I had a fleece jacket once but I kept getting shocked too. I ditched the jacket. Meh!
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