My dog looks like Don King and we can't touch each other without first shocking each other...anyone know what causes this?
2007-02-06 08:22:16 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
Don King, I love it. If you can get 10 points for best question, you got it.!!! Go to the store and buy a humidifier. Maintain 40-50 % humidity and you and Don will be comfy. Your house is like the desert this time of the year..Every time Don walks by he gets a zap on the snout.....
2007-02-06 10:02:27 · answer #1 · answered by buzzwaltz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Low humidity. Electrostatic electricity created by rubbing some substances against each other (such a rubbing a balloon on your shirt and then palcing it on a ceiling or wall where it 'sticks'; or nylon products 'crackling' when taken out of a clothes dryer "static cling") can disperse in air with a normal to high number of water molecules in the air. When the air is too dry, the electrons can not dissipate, and so 'jump' to the nearest object - you, or the dog!
2007-02-06 08:28:28 · answer #2 · answered by waynebudd 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Raising the humidity works to a small degree. The problem is that your walls, doors and other surfaces have a positive charge. When you walk across a rug, or even move around, you shed positive charge and you become more negatively charged. This difference causes your hair to be attracted to these surfaces and can build to the point that coming into contact with a positively charged surface results in a shock. You could ionize your air, but the process creates ozone. In ionizing your air most dust would floculate to the floor. The bad thing is that ozone is not a healthy thing to be exposed to for an extended period.
2016-05-24 00:36:10 · answer #3 · answered by Clararose 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some carpets - especially artificial fibre ones - generate a lot of static in your body as you walk round on them. Certain shoe sole compositions make the problem worse. Leather-soled shoes can help. My office has the same problem - in the dark, I can sometimes see the spark when my fingers get near a filing cabinet. Puts you off kissing indoors, doesn't it?
2007-02-06 08:33:28 · answer #4 · answered by andrew f 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Theres not enough moisture in the air. If you dont have a humidifier, you can put a pot of water on the stove to boil. It would help if you can get moisture in other rooms also. Do you have a vaporizor? I would keep that running also. You will need to do this all day for it to work.
2007-02-06 08:31:23 · answer #5 · answered by pebbles 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Besides the humidifier, having live plants provide moisture too. If these don't work, you can get a carpet cleaning done and static guard.
2007-02-06 08:26:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To dry. Humidity helps. You can buy a humidifier to help that. YOu can also get one installed by your furnace and it costs about $300. Well worth it because then you don't have to change filters and water on the humidifiers.
2007-02-06 09:47:13 · answer #7 · answered by schell_75 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
too dry-you can use a humidifier or just boil some water on the stove. Spraying a fine mist of water around on the carpets can help too.
2007-02-06 08:29:52 · answer #8 · answered by justcurious 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be very dry in your house. Try a good humidifier.
I added a link to a good one - I use it.
2007-02-06 08:25:15 · answer #9 · answered by Steven D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋