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As the clothes get dryer they become less conductive. Even if there was a perfect path to ground, the charge wouldn't be able to get there across the material i
by bob1029 1y ago
As the clothes get dryer they become less conductive. Even if there was a perfect path to ground, the charge wouldn't be able to get there across the material itself.
- tengbretson 1y agoThat can't be the whole story though. You can feel the static charge from the clothes on your hand when you reach into the dryer a good 6-12" before you even make contact with the clothes.
- bob1029 1y agoWe have the ability to sense these electric fields way before they reach breakdown potentials.