Posted on 03/14/2021 3:23:08 PM PDT by sodpoodle
Absolutely true. As one who has worked around electronics all my life, often in low-humidity, static-prone environments, I'm always grounding myself -- it's pure force of habit now -- plus wearing all-cotton clothes as much as possible, and non-insulating (e.g. leather) shoes.
On those rare occasions when I have to get back into the car while the pump is running, I ground myself not only to the car chassis, but also to the metal frame of the gas pump box (NOT the nozzle). I figure that while the car frame is the most likely point for a static spark to jump, the car frame is insulated from the true ground (by the rubber tires), so it's not a bad idea to ground the car too.
Highway toll collectors used to get static shocks from drivers all the time until they installed grounding wires that brush under each vehicle's chassis as they pull into the toll booth area (or some other means of grounding the vehicle chassis).
I answer the flip phone when it is charging with no problem. Is this only a smart phone issue?
Everything in the article was just as false when it was published as it is today. It is just a garbage, fake-news article from start to finish.
He’s got a Tesla.
Oh, indeed he does. Oops / d-uh. :-)
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