Electric Shocks in shopping centres

m.j.w

Dont know if this is in the right place or even if there is a forum for it so ill ask it here anyway. Everytime I goto the local shopping centre I get an electric shock of the escalators, stairs and the metal poles the clothes are hanging on. When im in the shopping centre and I touch my girlfriend or she touches me she will get an electric shock of me, thought this was wierd but then we were in Nerwy today and ever time I touched her she got a shock. What is causing this and does it happen to other people?

Midnight_EG

Oh, Hey there.

strobe

You have angered Raiden. Seeking his forgivness is a pointless endevour. Your only hope is to engage him in a battle of skill and determination. There can only be one victor, you must finish him! God speed brave warrior.

m.j.w

yea thats what im thinking and it sounds like a load of ****e but it happens

2ygb4cmqetsjhx

Good to see the spark between you and your girlfriend is still there!

pebbles21

You need one of these,you can get them in maplins

jimi_t2

m.j.w wrote: »

Dont know if this is in the right place or even if there is a forum for it so ill ask it here anyway. Everytime I goto the local shopping centre I get an electric shock of the escalators, stairs and the metal poles the clothes are hanging on. When im in the shopping centre and I touch my girlfriend or she touches me she will get an electric shock of me, thought this was wierd but then we were in Nerwy today and ever time I touched her she got a shock. What is causing this and does it happen to other people?

Static electricity. Built up by you being insulated in rubber shoes or similar and dragging your feet across the ground - when you touch a conductor (i.e. metal or your girlfriend) the current in your body will arc across and give the recepient the energy; in a humans case manifesting itself as a little shock.

Think rubbing a baloon or biro with a wooly jumper and using it to pick up little bits of paper. Similarly, if you've long hair and take off a wooly jumper in a dark room you'll see little arcs of electricity on the inside of the jumper, lighting up the room briefly.

twinytwo

m.j.w wrote: »

Dont know if this is in the right place or even if there is a forum for it so ill ask it here anyway. Everytime I goto the local shopping centre I get an electric shock of the escalators, stairs and the metal poles the clothes are hanging on. When im in the shopping centre and I touch my girlfriend or she touches me she will get an electric shock of me, thought this was wierd but then we were in Nerwy today and ever time I touched her she got a shock. What is causing this and does it happen to other people?

discharge of static

m.j.w

yea but what is causing the static and why does it only happen to me, i dont drag my feet

twinytwo

m.j.w wrote: »

yea but what is causing the static and why does it only happen to me, i dont drag my feet

can be anything really.. the material in your clothes rubbing together etc

Jumpy

Change your shoes. I have one pair that turn me into Raiden.

Biggins

Happens to me ALL the time in one shopping centre here in my home town.
I get the wife to press the lift buttons, etc there. It's mad.

ScumLord

On a slightly related note I discovered that if you keep getting electric shocks whenever you get out of your car it could mean your brake pads need replacing. I've been waiting ages to use that little bit of useless (and possibly untrue) piece of information.

Venom

Jumpy wrote: »

Change your shoes. I have one pair that turn me into Raiden.

All you need now is his hat and you're in business

InkSlinger67

m.j.w wrote: »

....Everytime I goto the local shopping centre I get an electric shock of the escalators, stairs and the metal poles the clothes are hanging on

Why are people drying their clothes in a shopping centre?

Edit: Just realised, you must shop in The Square! Sorry!

stovelid

I've just started a new job and am getting a fair few static shocks. Think it's the carpet in there.

DublinWriter

m.j.w wrote: »

What is causing this and does it happen to other people?

a) static electricity and
b) yes, but

c) are friends electric?

KittyeeTrix

I fookin used to hate when I lived in Dublin and went to the St. Stephens Green Centre with my child in his buggy. If my hand touched the metal part at all I was shocked but it still happens to me everytime I get out of a car!!!!:mad:

nucking futs

This always happens to me when I go into my local Dunnes Stores, but never anywhere else

Midnight_EG

nucking futs wrote: »

This always happens to me when I go into my local Dunnes Stores, but never anywhere else

Shocking prices is all.

doncarlos

fluffyorganic1 wrote: »

I was shocked but it still happens to me everytime I get out of a car!!!!:mad:

There is a trick to this, if you have a passenger let them get out and when they touch any of the metal they'll get the shock first and discharge the car's static!

Atavan-Halen

m.j.w wrote: »

Dont know if this is in the right place or even if there is a forum for it so ill ask it here anyway. Everytime I goto the local shopping centre I get an electric shock of the escalators, stairs and the metal poles the clothes are hanging on. When im in the shopping centre and I touch my girlfriend or she touches me she will get an electric shock of me, thought this was wierd but then we were in Nerwy today and ever time I touched her she got a shock. What is causing this and does it happen to other people?

nucking futs

Midnight_EG wrote: »

Shocking prices is all.

You've been waiting for an excuse to get that one in since the thread started, haven't you?

Corruptedmorals

nucking futs wrote: »

This always happens to me when I go into my local Dunnes Stores, but never anywhere else

You should try working in one! I get electric shocks off the till, off hangers, off rails, units...and I give every customer a shock handing change back. Maybe that's why dumping change on the counter is so common..

bnt

Do either of you wear nylon at all? Track suit, socks, jacket, stockings, whatever? That's a common culprit.

stovelid

bnt wrote: »

Do either of you wear nylon at all? Track suit, socks, jacket, stockings, whatever? That's a common culprit.

Dublin city-centre junkies could be a useful mobile source of electricity if harnessed correctly? Perhaps as mobile phone charge points or something.

starbelgrade

stovelid wrote: »

Dublin city-centre junkies could be a useful mobile source of electricity if harnessed correctly? Perhaps as mobile phone charge points or something.

I wouldn't fancy sticking my charger in a scobie's orafice, even if my battery was half dead.

nucking futs

bnt wrote: »

Do either of you wear nylon at all? Track suit, socks, jacket, stockings, whatever? That's a common culprit.

Track suit pants yes, socks yes, jacket sometimes, no to everything else

Still, makes no sense why it's only Dunnes

starbelgrade

I think it's OK to electricute people who wear tracksuits.

Daisy Steiner

I noticed this when I started wearing a pair of crocs (rubber shoes) was getting shocks from everything metal and human.

Thoroughly sick of it after around 40 shocks. Realised it was the shoes

No more comfy crocs for me, shame.

Denmark101

That happens to me too! Don't know what causes it- and I find anytime I'm in one particular shopping centre regardless of what I'm wearing I get a number of shocks throughout my visit. Painful bloody things aswell!

tony1kenobi

m.j.w wrote: »

yea but what is causing the static and why does it only happen to me, i dont drag my feet

...you touch yourself at night.

byte

Touch the metal item with your knuckles first, as you'll not feel the jolt via your knuckle. It's to do with nerve endings or something...