I keep getting Shocked!!!!
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I keep getting Shocked!!!!
Hey guys! got a shocking question for ya. Everytime I shut off my truck and get out, it shocks me when I close the door. Does anyone know what this might be? Like bad battery connection or ground or something? I confess I do not know much about electrics and need help in this area. Electricity scares the crap outta me lol. 
Thanks for any help! 
Thanks for any help!
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You mean like a static shock, or an, "I just sat in a bathtub and dropped a toaster in the water" shock?
WARNING: Do not sit in a bath tub and drop a toaster in the water to see what it feels like. Doing so could prove fatal.
WARNING: Do not sit in a bath tub and drop a toaster in the water to see what it feels like. Doing so could prove fatal.
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I usually push my door closed with my fist, a lot less nerve endings in the knuckles than the finger tips, dang cloth seats......like I need another reason to watch craigslist for a nice set of grey leather lariat seats.
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Actually it's not the truck, it's you. Your body builds and stores static electricity from clothing rubbing the cloth seats, etc. The soles of your shoes and the tires on the rig insulate them from grounding 
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Following up with this, you can change your wardrobe to items less likely to generate static. Synthetic fabrics are the worst. I wear a lot of cotton/wool in the winter and I have zero static.
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I have leather and have the same problem especially during the winter. I knows its coming but it still nails me! So what I do is simply grab the metal part of the door with one hand and step out. This prevents that closing gap between hand and door once on the ground creating the zap. Sometimes I still forget and get quickly reminded that I screwed up.
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This is why you don't re-enter a gasoline powered vehicle during re-fueling, but I see people do it all the time. These same people would not dare use a cell phone during re-fueling, even though there has never been a documented case of a cell phone causing a fire during fueling, but there are many documented cases of fires started by entering/exiting the vehicle during fueling.
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