how can you remove the static from play ground slides and things to stop people getting zapped when grabimg there kids?

:)

Let them slide into a puddle?

Let the child touch the ground first, before you grab them.

Use cotton, not synthetic clothing on the child.

what sort of clothing is the child wearing, what sort of shoe-soles is the adult wearing?

all types
its a day care
my partner work there gets zapped many times a day

robadob said:

all types
its a day care
my partner work there gets zapped many times a day

Replace the plastic slide with a metal one. Glue cutouts from car tyres on the soles of her shoes.

try one of those auto earth straps fitted to the slide and touching the ground. MV has the right idea as well.

ChrispenEvan said:

try one of those auto earth straps fitted to the slide and touching the ground. MV has the right idea as well.

Earthing the slide sounds fine but the legs are buried.

A puddle is more fun… :(

attach the earth strap to the kids then.

Earthing the slide sounds fine but the legs are buried.

and your feet are on the ground so presumably at the same potential as the slide. so you need to earth the kids.

ChrispenEvan said:

Earthing the slide sounds fine but the legs are buried.

and your feet are on the ground so presumably at the same potential as the slide. so you need to earth the kids.

doggie chain.

Extend the length of the slide so the children come to a stop and get off by themselves?

Ban the slide as an OH & S hazard?

Tejay said:

Extend the length of the slide so the children come to a stop and get off by themselves?

Simply stop being protective and allow them to slide all the way off and have fun.

party_pants said:

Ban the slide as an OH & S hazard?

No. Simply hand out sandals with car tyre rubber soles to the child carers.

Install a vandergraaf ball next to the exit?

Tejay said:

Install a vandergraaf ball next to the exit?

PLace one as the grab handle for the child to use.

it’s not like a slide static shock is going to kill you..

Arts said:

it’s not like a slide static shock is going to kill you..

true.

My trick for avoiding static shocks is to take them on the back of the hand instead of the fingers. Where I used to work there was one particular door that used to zap people constantly, perhaps it was the carpet. I got in the habit of touching it with the back of my hand first before grabbing the handle with my fingers. Doesn’t hurt a bit with the back of the hand.

Give the slide a good going over with car wax?

party_pants said:

My trick for avoiding static shocks is to take them on the back of the hand instead of the fingers. Where I used to work there was one particular door that used to zap people constantly, perhaps it was the carpet. I got in the habit of touching it with the back of my hand first before grabbing the handle with my fingers. Doesn’t hurt a bit with the back of the hand.

Yep.. best way to get all shocks.

Strictly speaking it doesn’t avoid shocks, it avoids getting shock to the fingers which might hurt.

Connect a 1 farad capacitor between the slide and the ground?

Tejay said:

Connect a 1 farad capacitor between the slide and the ground?

Now there’s an interesting thought.

Michael V said:

Tejay said:

Connect a 1 farad capacitor between the slide and the ground?

Now there’s an interesting thought.

But it is the kids who are picking up the static charge.

Won’t someone think about the children?

sibeen said:

Michael V said:

Tejay said:

Connect a 1 farad capacitor between the slide and the ground?

Now there’s an interesting thought.

But it is the kids who are picking up the static charge.

Won’t someone think about the children?

What tribes, these kids?

Sorry, I shouldn’t have introduced tribology into this discussion.

morrie said:

Sorry, I shouldn’t have introduced tribology into this discussion.

No, no you shouldn’t have.

wanders off to look up tribology

sibeen said:

morrie said:

Sorry, I shouldn’t have introduced tribology into this discussion.

No, no you shouldn’t have.

wanders off to look up tribology

takes my tribe to bed.

sibeen said:

morrie said:

Sorry, I shouldn’t have introduced tribology into this discussion.

No, no you shouldn’t have.

wanders off to look up tribology

Materials scientists – their like electrical engineers. You don’t want them, but you can’t do without them…

Michael V said:

sibeen said:

morrie said:

Sorry, I shouldn’t have introduced tribology into this discussion.

No, no you shouldn’t have.

wanders off to look up tribology

Materials scientists – their like electrical engineers. You don’t want them, but you can’t do without them…

THEY“RE!

:)

sibeen said:

Michael V said:

sibeen said:

No, no you shouldn’t have.

wanders off to look up tribology

Materials scientists – their like electrical engineers. You don’t want them, but you can’t do without them…

THEY“RE!

:)

Heh. Got you a beauty!

Install a carbon fibre net across the bottom?
Let the grass grow longer under and around the slide and water it before playtime?
Ban children?
Ban carers?

Good question robadob…Sorry I couldn’t help :-)

Michael V said:

sibeen said:

Michael V said:

Materials scientists – their like electrical engineers. You don’t want them, but you can’t do without them…

THEY“RE!

:)

Heh. Got you a beauty!

Did I ever mention that I dislike rock hounds?

sibeen said:

Michael V said:

sibeen said:

THEY“RE!

:)

Heh. Got you a beauty!

Did I ever mention that I dislike rock hounds?

Well, that’s entirely expected from an engineer. You should’ve been a mining engineer so you could act out your hatred each day…

Michael V said:

sibeen said:

Michael V said:

Heh. Got you a beauty!

Did I ever mention that I dislike rock hounds?

Well, that’s entirely expected from an engineer. You should’ve been a mining engineer so you could act out your hatred each day…

shakes head

Dislike, Michael, dislike.

I reserve my hatred for project managers.

sibeen said:

THEY“RE!

They’re

Ann eye’m outta ‘ere

Tejay said:

sibeen said:

THEY“RE!

They’re

Ann eye’m outta ‘ere

they’re they’re Sibeen, it’s only a few innocent spelling mistakes.

Apply hair conditioner to the surface of the slide?

There are also anti-static wet wipes and sprays.

Days with high humidity are less likely to have static problems.

mollwollfumble said:

Apply hair conditioner to the surface of the slide?

There are also anti-static wet wipes and sprays.

Days with high humidity are less likely to have static problems.

:)

Tejay said:

Install a carbon fibre net across the bottom?
Let the grass grow longer under and around the slide and water it before playtime?
Ban children?
Ban carers?

Good question robadob…Sorry I couldn’t help :-)

:)

children today need to be grounded.

First, ring the slide manufacturer to see if they have a solution.

Failing that, get an anti-static coating:

An antistatic agent is a compound used for treatment of materials or their surfaces in order to reduce or eliminate buildup of static electricity generally caused by the triboelectric effect. Its role is to make the surface or the material itself slightly conductive, either by being conductive itself, or by absorbing moisture from the air, so some humectants can be used. The molecules of an antistatic agent often have both hydrophilic and hydrophobic areas, similar to those of a surfactant; the hydrophobic side interacts with the surface of the material, while the hydrophilic side interacts with the air moisture and binds the water molecules.

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