- purchase and use a humidifier (they come in cool or warm mist, we chose warm)
*we have a vaporizer in our office/spare room, because we have two snakes in there that require high humidity levels, the door is always kept closed so it doesn't help the rest of the apartment. The humidifier is for the rest of the apartment, it's not huge so it does the job. you may want to look into a vaporizer if you have a bigger home! Ours is much more powerful than the humidifiers we have tried out*
- put bowls/containers of water out/near heater vents (we do not have floor vents, but if you do just put the containers/pots of water right on the vent)
- rubbing dryer sheets over furniture/carpet/clothes
also, on my own I started to use an extra dryer sheet for each load of laundry (if you have too many clothes shoved in there at once that can create some extra static also) and I think that is helping a lot.
- you could try new shampoo/conditioner or hair products (if your hair is frizzy or affected by the static)
- try to pay attention to how you walk around the house (do you notice that you drag your feet sometimes? try not to!)
- pay attention to socks, if they are too fuzzy/fluffy, they might not be helping!
I'm sorry I can't help more, this is all I've been able to do so far. It really does help most of the time, but we still shock our cats or each other pretty bad some days.
Good luck!
Great answer SFE.
When you open your outside doors does your storm door get covered with moisture? If so then you most likely have enough moisture in the air, if not then add a humidifier to your furnace or turn on a separate unit and set it for about 40% humitity. You can adjust it such that the storm doors gets moisture on it when the main door is opened. That should cut down on a lot of the static in the home. When you go out to the car take your key and touch the car key slot (metal to metal).... even if you clicked the button to open the doors. Make sure you have your fingers touching the metal part of the key. Any static in your cloths will go though the key to the car and you will NOT feel the shock if there were to be one. You may see a spark at the end of the key where it touches the car but you won't feel it.
Keep a tea kettle filled with water on stove turned on low. If you have carpet with rayon or nylon, it will add to static. Turn your heat back a little. There is sprays that you can spray on your clothes, carpet, upholstery and drapes. It will help very much. Buy a good humidifier.
Jo Ann
Since it only affects you, do you wear nylon or other synthetic clothing? Nylon is great for generating static electricity, especially stockings or pantyhose. You can get anti-static spray for carpets at an office supply store or computer store and spray the carpet in front of the door. That might help.
In the house wear only socks. It is too dry, you need to boil some water to make steam or humidity.
On the car if you got seat covers, take them off or wear non plastic type coats.
im a builder ..i suffer from static ..i have actually kissed the wife and the spark from our lips frightened the kids !...i dont get it all the time ..but sometimes its painful when plastering ..and getting in and out of vehicles ..i get it mainly in hot weather ....avoid rubber soles ..
This problem has been happening for quite a few months now. I seem to get static shocks off everything in the house....walls, taps, switches etc, even other people in the house, yet they don't get static shocks off anyone else but me.
I've read other 'answers' on here, and there is people who have said about clothing etc, but it happens no matter what I wear. My husband and children are not affected. Its getting to the point were I dread touching anything!
I have noticed that it does happen mainly when the boiler has been on...has anyone else ever had this problem? Does anyone know if something needs earthing? Its recently started affecting me getting into the car! Its making my home life pretty unbearable because the shocks are quite severe and painful. If anyone could help me out and have any suggestions I would be very grateful. Thanks x
ps. Sorry if this is the wrong category for this question, but I have no idea which is relevant to this problem! ;)
