# Static electricity

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/static-electricity/11774>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [March 13, 2008, 11:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/static-electricity/11774 "2008-03-13T23:58:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![rocker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac8455/32.png) [@rocker](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rocker)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 11:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/static-electricity/11774/1 "2008-03-13T23:58:15Z")

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I have a 2000 Buick Century Custom with cloth seats. Everytime we exit the car we get a shock. I put a ground strap on, But no luck!

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**Author:** ![Vogelfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@Vogelfish](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Vogelfish)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 12:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/static-electricity/11774/2 "2008-03-14T00:44:10Z")

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You could wear a wetsuit!

The problem isn’t the car getting charged up - it’s you getting charged up! The ground strap on the car only makes the car give you a potentially bigger shock! What you need to do is get a car seat cover that is made of some kind if insulating material like rubber or one of those ones made from wooden beads. You can try changing your wardrobe too - those polyester suits don’t help!

As a last resort - you can go to a Radio Shack or find an online electronics supplier ([digi-key.com](http://digi-key.com) for example) and purchase a “grounding wrist strap”. This is a device used by electronic technicians to stop static electricity. It is a conductive wrist strap you wear that has a wire coming from it that attaches to ground. You can attach the wire to a metal part of your car and you donb’t need to wear the wrist strap - just pick it up and hold it for a few seconds before you touch the door handle.