# (5) 12 Apr 2007, 04:21PM: Static:
For the past six months, my life at Fog Creek has had a rather unpleasant and pervasive physical element. I accumulate static electricity while in my Aeron chair.
It seemed to start during the rainy/snowy months, so I thought it was the rug, or the long underwear, or the humidity. But now it's continued through many sorts of weather, and my chair and I now sit atop hardwood. Every time I get up, I can hear the "rip" of the static clinging to the chair's weave, and I touch something metal and grounded nearby.
Ideas?
- Comments:
Posted by Brendan at 12 Apr 2007, 01:28PM
Do you use dryer sheets or fabric softener?
Posted by Leonard at 12 Apr 2007, 01:42PM
We don't. But I was just thinking maybe it's something about the way we wash clothes. But I have a similar setup at home, and I don't have this problem.
Posted by Brendan at 12 Apr 2007, 02:13PM
I would try dryer sheets first unless you really can't stand them. They make things noticeably less staticky when I actually remove them from the dryer.If nothing else, rubbing a used dryer sheet over clothes or hair is supposed to make them less likely to pick up a charge; results of my own experiences with that have been mixed.
Posted by mikepop at 13 Apr 2007, 06:41AM
Maybe try putting one of those rubber mats under your chair area?
Posted by Seth Schoen at 15 Apr 2007, 08:44AM
You could wear an antistatic bracelet the way some people who work on microelectronics do. There are some very convenient antistatic bracelets that you can wear all the time and intermittently connect and disconnect from a cable permanently attached to your workstation.
