When I sit down at the workplace and touch the iron, it hits with static, how to avoid it?

Question

Iron

Moving around the office, static electricity builds up, and because. the base of the keyboard is iron, then it beats with static. I tried to wear an iron pin - it did not help. How can you fix it?

Answer 1

Eh, I remember the beginning of the 90s, working as a computer operator ... You work a lot with paper, printouts are just mountains, so static accumulates instantly. And the habit of "discharging" the charge by touching the marble column in the hall (and the hall was large, there were several columns) - it developed very quickly :) And it became so automatic that you didn’t even notice that you were walking past the column - you would certainly touch it. ..
If it only hits you, wear underwear made from natural fabrics. I'm serious. About ten years ago, I wondered - why in the morning, when I touch the faucet in the bathroom, sometimes I get static, and sometimes not? And it turned out that static hits me when I'm wearing a synthetic T-shirt :)
But the advice about grounding is not bad either.

Answer 2

Make grounding. Carry out wet cleaning. Treat with an antistatic agent.

Answer 3

change shoes. Seriously. It happened in one of the offices. the combination of floor covering + shoes resulted in 3 PSUs that died from the touch on different PCs. my colleagues called me Megavolt =)
so try changing your shoes.
By the way, it beat not only from iron, from everything. from wood, plastic, etc. fingers really hurt from discharges.
ps PC assemblers have anti-static wrist straps in stores. ask, it seems like they are on sale.

Answer 4

You don't have to do anything.
And in your office, you need to make proper grounding.
It is slightly cheaper than a dozen burnt PCs.

Answer 5

Sorry (to lonelymyp ), grounding is not bullshit at all! But of course, they don't always get away with one. Shoes, clothes, chairs are the main static collectors. But antistatic linoleum with grounding helps a lot. But it’s not enough just to put it (although there will be an effect), it also needs to be grounded!
In fact, in the production of electronics, there are bathrobes, slippers, and antistatic chairs, plus antistatic mats with bracelets on the tables (also to the ground through the rug). Floor covering, either self-leveling with mesh + grounding, or linoleum + mesh + grounding.
PS. Here is such a thing, a friend keeps a company, which, among other things, also deals with clean rooms with antistatic protection. I sometimes have him on contracts for networks and communications, so I’m very much in the know.

Answer 6

In addition, it is useful when washing clothes to use a conditioner or rinse aid with an antistatic agent.
If the problem is massive, not only yours, you should try to negotiate the use of a floor cleaner with an antistatic agent.
Don't listen to grounding, it's nonsense.

Answer 7

Similar situation. Antistatic doesn't help. But it hits only when the cold starts. Autumn/winter

Answer 8

I run a humidifier at work in the winter. and the static stops accumulating.

Answer 9

iron keyboard base

If you no longer have metal objects in your office, such as a battery, a sink, and the like, then wear a bracelet .

Answer 10

Learn to distinguish when you (or everyone?) are hit by static, and when it is the break that pulls the network. It's completely different. Static pulls once - if you touch it again in the same place, it no longer hits (the charge has already left). And if there is half the mains on the case (or approximately, say, it happens from 80 to 150V, this is when there are surge protectors and there is no grounding) - then it will pull differently, and every time you touch it, but more clearly when you hold it with one hand to something grounded (or almost - like a concrete wall, or a battery - DO NOT do this!).
So about the benefits of grounding, they already advised how to deal with static, too.
I’ll tell you that after any movement you need to develop the habit of touching the wall with your hand first (unless it’s plastic or rubber), and only then sit down to work. Or vice versa - he got up from his chair (yes, it can also generate static), immediately touched the wall and went further (if you don't want to "click" someone along the way). Then you will not depend on the type of clothing, the material of the floor, the armchair, and remember and look at everything in different places - it will be enough to discharge reflexively on something that is not very conductive.
In some organizations, at responsible workplaces, they make a metal platform grounded through a megaohm resistor, and require that they touch it before starting work.

Answer 11

Here they proposed serious measures that require investments. And even more so, no one will shift linoleum to antistatic)
In order not to feel the blow itself, it is enough to touch this keyboard substrate with some metal object in your hand. Maybe with a screwdriver, keys, and even a ring on your finger. There will be a spark, but there will be no discomfort