Static charge - the hair is standing on end

The winter starts, we heat again, the air in the rooms gets drier and the time with the annoying dry flying hair starts again.

And you often get a small hit when you touch other people or objects. Certain floor coverings also encourage this, but there is a simple trick to counter this.

Either tether your hair with hair wax or some other restorative or the crazy method that our parents used to prohibit: put it in the socket.


You're probably screaming out loud now, yes I know, of course you can not do that, but if it's correct then. Not in the two openings, certainly not at the same time, that's right. And prefer not to fool the very young children, only when they really understand it and then of course with explanation!

that's how it works

In every modern socket there is a grounding, which are the small protruding metal brackets, which spring back when the plug is plugged in.

Exactly this metal bracket (the grounding) only has to be touched with one finger, so the static charge in the body discharges and the hair and sparks no longer fly.

This will last for a while, depending on the floor covering and dryness. As soon as one notices that the body has already recharged, one can repeat this.

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