GROUNDING - assistance on how NOT to shock yourself

I purchased an inexpensive cool mist humidifier a few weeks ago as it’s been getting dry from Noon to Late Afternoon (21% right now).

You would probably want a larger one to run all the time (I get a marine layer in most evenings).

Works fine with filtered tap water (clean and let it air dry every other day which only take a few minutes).

I've used evaporative pans/basins in the past, but they were not doing enough this Winter.

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DeKay

I use an Air Care whole house humidifier during the winter months due to my wife’s health concerns.  3 years ago, it cost $179.95 from Home Depot but may be more now.  The humidifier is in the kitchen and the stereo is 2 rooms away.  I get absolutely no static discharge anywhere in the house now.  You can set the humidifier for a various amount of humidity.  I found 55% to be just right. 

I have a strip of tin-coated copper bus-bar screwed to the wall beside my turntable.  It is connected to a 50K resistor, connected to ground (in this case, a copper cold-water pipe nearby).

The bus-bar doesn't make it more effective, but it's definitely a better look than a chunk of 14 AWG.  It doesn't eliminate the shock, but it makes it more bearable.

Back in the day, when I was managing audio and video studios, static electrical discharges were a serious problem. We discovered that mixing fabric softener with a bit of water and spraying the carpet around critical equipment alleviated the problem.

another Wisconsinite here and I can attest to the aridity. In my case, I simply touch the metal base of my "equipment lamp" that is next to the turntable before I lift the tonearm, for some reason this doesn't create the same "POP" and I don't feel any kind of static shock (possibly because I'm anticipating it v. getting surprised). While I do have a big area rug in the room, the equipment rack is on a bare wooden floor.