Thursday, September 27, 2012

Thread: Static shock hazzard or not? - Family Woodworking

Oh look, a hornet's nest! Lemme poke at that a bit...

Honestly, I wouldn't worry at ALL about it.

Leave it for a bit - see if you get any nuisance shocks that you can't stand to tolerate. I've seen reports that after awhile the static buildup reduces significantly as a fine film of dust settles on the inside walls of the PVC. Static buildup is caused by dissimilar materials passing past each other - i.e. dust + pvc. When there's a fine film of dust on the surface of the PVC, it's then dust + dust and very little buildup happens, eliminating many users' static issues.

It's impossible to ground an insulator, since insulators don't conduct electricity and PVC is an insulator. Secondly, STATIC electricity is named such because it doesn't flow (because it can't, it's built up on an insulator!). A wire may discharge some of it, but only a very little in the immediate vicinity of the wire itself. It may be enough that you notice - it may not. It's a little bit of work and I would suggest holding off until you know you have a problem first.

Source: http://familywoodworking.org/forums/showthread.php?28503-Static-shock-hazzard-or-not

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