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when I come out of my car, and I put my foot down, my car gives me an "electrical shoke" (I dont have a dictionary right now but I hope you understand my hwat I'm saying).
Do you know why does that happen?, and, do you know how to eliminate?
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You're getting a static electricity discharge. You might be getting it from rubbing on your cloth seats.
I had a shop wire some electrical lifts for door steps on the F-350 and received more than usual amounts of same static shocks when I got out of the truck. They didn't have them grounded properly. Once grounded properly it wasn't as bad. [tongue in cheek] Also, since the truck was so high in the air, the air friction caused more static electricity build up in the vehicle. [/tongue in cheek off]
Touching the frame of the car before stepping on the ground will keep you from getting shocked as much. (At least that worked for me).
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the tires of your car also build up static electricity, so after you drive a while your car is at a pretty high voltage in relation to the ground. This gets worse in the winter when the air dries out. You can run a ground strap from the frame of the car that drags on the ground to stop this.
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Now that you mentioned it Major Jam, I think that I've done that some times, but never thought about it, thnx for saying, I'm gonna have it in mind; and yeah jc2, it got worst when its cold.
So, it is just static, doesn't it affect the audio system?
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just for saftey sake i'd check make sure the ground on any audio equipment is tightly secured on bare metal...i had a loose ground at one point a long time ago and the car would shock me everytime i got out...checked the ground, tightened it up, and it hasn't happened as bad since...most of it is from rubbing on the cloth seats tho...it stil happens to me...just not as often or strong...those grounds aren't gonna move anywhere...
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most of the time the shock is just static electricity, spray your seats with a static guard, like the one you use for clothes and the problem will be gone. the problem is usually worse in the winter because you wear more and different types of clothes.
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i just touch the metal part of the door before i move to get out
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you may have a problem with your ground, check it. If so move it to a grounding point on the chasis
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Whenever I try that, it just shocks my hand instead...
Hold metal part while you are still siting, and hold it all the time you go out. This way you will discharge over big area and you will not feel shock from spark.
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