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Static electricity....again

Ok, I'm ready to burn the house down and move to Florida. I had a similar problem last winter. I live in Colorado and it's been snowing here like crazy. It is super dry here. My brother fried two pre amps last winter due to lightning bolts flying from his fingers to his pre amp anytime he touched the pre amp...

So here's what I have going on. I have all of my cables lifted off the ground with wooden blocks. My Equipment is plugged into a ps audio quintet, except for my amp which is plugged directly into the wall (porter port).

I don't have any remote controllers in my set-up so whenever I touch my equipment, I ground myself on a screw on the light switch first. I'll have so much electricity built up in my body that I can actually feel the hairs on my legs stand up when I do this.

Okay, well it has gotten to be so bad now that when I am just walking across the room, I can hear a few small pops coming out of my speakers. These are directly related to the static that is building up via my socks dragging across the carpet. I'm %100 sure of that.

My question is, what the heck do I do to remedy this problem before I damage any of my equipment? My house is probably 20 years old. Am I having these issues because the ground in my house is no good?

Btw, last winter when I was having these issues, I sprayed fabric softener all over and that seemed to work for, oh, about 20 minutes.

I'm going to get a humidifier and see how that helps. Any other ideas would be greatly appreciated! I'm about ready to change my user name to Zues!
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mofimadness
4,987 posts
 
I know you posted about this last year and I pretty much
have the same thing to say this year. I live in Northern
Colorado and have none of the static problems you have.

I do not have a humidifier, nor do I do anything special.
Maybe it's something in your particular environment?

I have lived all my life in Wyoming (first 26 years) and
Colorado the last 27 years. I really haven't had any issues
at all with major static problems. Sure a few little nips
here and there, but overall, not a problem.

Sorry you're still having such issues. Maybe time to hire
someone to come out and see what the problem really is?

I do wear slippers that have rubber bottoms and always have
had this kind of slipper. Maybe my slippers are isolating me
from the static?
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b_limo OP
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Mofi, its boggling me... It's not just isolated to me though, as my brother was having the same issues until he started using a humidifier 24/7 in his listening room.

Elizabeth! Long time no see; missed your input on my endless amount of silly questions lately. I'll try the water thing. I think your right about my carprt creating crazy amounts of electricity; never thought about that but I think you're right. Cheap crummy carpet.

I'm going to try the water thing, and also I'll try the slippers too Mofi! Both great ideas. Thank you both!
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