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DaveC
- Jan 1, 1970
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This gas station security video:
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and this Mythbusters episode:
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discuss the dangers and the how-and-why of static electricity and refueling
your car.
My question is regarding how to safely discharge such a charge.
The guy from the refueling equipment industry who is interviewed in the
Mythbusters' episode says that simply touching the car body when exiting the
car is enough to discharge your body's static charge.
But isn't the fact that the car is on rubber tires and you (in this
worst-case scenario) are wearing non-conductive shoes, you are not going to
provide a ground at all? Yes, you will equalize the charge with the car, but
the danger still remains when you reach the nozzle sticking out of your car's
filler door that is when the spark will occur (presuming that the nozzle has
some grounding lead?).
Help me understand the possible safe paths to ground in this scenario.
Thanks,
Dave
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and this Mythbusters episode:
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discuss the dangers and the how-and-why of static electricity and refueling
your car.
My question is regarding how to safely discharge such a charge.
The guy from the refueling equipment industry who is interviewed in the
Mythbusters' episode says that simply touching the car body when exiting the
car is enough to discharge your body's static charge.
But isn't the fact that the car is on rubber tires and you (in this
worst-case scenario) are wearing non-conductive shoes, you are not going to
provide a ground at all? Yes, you will equalize the charge with the car, but
the danger still remains when you reach the nozzle sticking out of your car's
filler door that is when the spark will occur (presuming that the nozzle has
some grounding lead?).
Help me understand the possible safe paths to ground in this scenario.
Thanks,
Dave