Static Electricity Converter

[Yogprasad Moneta]

Butas soon as materials touch each other, they can exchange electrons. When that happens, the number of protons and electrons is no longer equal, and the material becomes statically charged. This is apparent through an attraction effect, a kind of invisible adhesion.

Why is this? The material that became static tries to restore the lost balance by attracting electrons from the surroundings.

What determines the degree of exchange and the resulting charge? Among other things, the characteristics of the material. The Triboelectric series indicates how easily a material gains or loses electrons. The further apart the materials are in the series, the more attracted they are to each other.

Environmental factors such as humidity also play a role in static charge. This explains why there is much more static electricity when the air is dry during frost. Moist air is more conductive and can therefore absorb excess charges.

When an exchange of electrons occurs, the atom tries to rebalance the charge. In conductive materials like steel, electrons can move freely to neutralize a charge. Good grounding dissipates any excess.

But in non-conductive materials or insulators such as paper, plastic, or wood, the opposite happens. The electrons cannot move freely in these materials, so the material holds the static charge until it is exposed to a conductor or until the electron imbalance replenishes. You can see this clearly after the winding process in paper production, where static charge is measurable in stored paper rolls after years.

In the event of a jam or misfeed, it becomes immediately apparent that the substrate is statically charged, so action is usually taken right away. And in an environment where there is a risk of explosion, there are strict safety precautions.

But number three, the attraction of dust and particles from the environment, may not be detected in time, and results in:

How can you control static charge during your converting process and limit negative impact? One step is to ground conductive materials and equipment. This limits the exchange of electrons during the processing of substrates. Also, ensure proper humidity levels and keep the production environment clean.

But remember that completely eliminating static charge is not possible. Slitting, rewinding, etc., constantly generates dust and fibres that come from the material itself. Until the end of the converting process, the substrate continues to exchange electrons and attract dust, in fact as long as it is in motion.

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One can produce static electricity continuously for example by a Van de Graaff accelerator (Look it up in wikipedia) it is used to create a current of fast electrons or other elementary particles trough vacuum. One could theoretically use it for current through resistors. But the efficiency would be very, very low, so it has no practical use.

In the following video, I demonstrate how to create a device capable of charging the body of anyone who wears it with static electricity, allowing a powerful shock to be discharged into anything that is touched. This grants the wearer the ability to do some pretty amazing things, some of which are shown in the first segment of the video.

There are several reasons I do not use the design that is shown in those two articles (mounting the device inside of a shoe). It is uncomfortable, fragile, requires the destruction of a pair of shoes, and would be a difficult design to replicate when needing to also fit a power converter into the sole. It is more practical perhaps if a negative ion generator that runs off of DC (direct current) is obtained, but in my long search in preparation for this project, I found no source that does not require a bulk order and shipping charges from China.

For those of you thinking, "Wait! I have a DC ionizer in my car!", unfortunately the electronics inside of an automotive ionizer (which do run off of DC) do not use the same process for creating ions, and will not work for this project. They do, however, create enough high voltage when connected to a 9 volt to provide a continuous arc between two wires if the circuitry is slightly modified; which might be an interesting project all on it's own. Perhaps something for the future.

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You know I'm not sure if wearing two would increase the shock or not. I believe your body is only capable of absorbing so much of a charge so two may not increase anything. I might have to try it and get back to you.

From what I've read, the body can hold quite a bit of voltage, but that it doesn't necessarily affect the strength of discharge (at least what's felt). But with your device, the discharge lasts longer, right, so it's maybe possible to generate a larger, more shocking jolt with multiple ones? I don't know. Just thinking out loud here. Trying to wrap my brain around it.

this is a really neat design, and an amazing video.

though, it has left me wondering, does the user feel the charge as it builds up? also, does the user feel the shock when he/she touches another person, or is it like an electric fence. from my experience, if you chain people touching an electric fence, only the last person in the line feels the shock

Mildly unpleasant, not painful. Under some circumstances (see below) you will both experience the same shock intensity. The greater impact is from the surprise, not the intensity. Do not shock someone if they could be hurt if they jumped or thrashed around from the surprise.

Touch the 9-volt battery terminals to your tongue -- it's mildly unpleasant, not painful. A shock from this device is very brief, then it's gone. This is a moderately high-voltage, extremely low amperage/current arc. Lightning is a very high-voltage, very high-current arc. Voltage jumps the air gap, amperage is the power. You will experience far more impact with a small air gap and an arc than if you merely make full skin contact and drain the voltage to your victim.

You can get a similar effect by scuffing your feet (leather soles work best) across a carpet on a cold, dry day. Touching someone's shoulder has less "punch" than touching their cheek because their cheek is more sensitive.

If you hold a coin or other metal object in your hand to do the touching, you may feel nothing at all -- the arc leaps from the metal, not your skin, but your victim will feel the full shock. If you use your finger, but touch your victim's clothing or hair, you may get more of a shock than they will. Experiment with rubber soles, indoor/outdoor, etc. Have some fun!

Do not shock anyone who wears a pacemaker. Do not shock anything electronic (cellphone, remote control, TV, etc.) as you might destroy it; no explosions -- just damage or failure. Putting 10,000 volts on circuits designed for 5 volts is never a good idea. If you're holding your cellphone the entire time, it may be safe if it's not in a plastic or leather (insulated) case; voltage is measured "compared to what?" (usually the ground or another circuit) so the cellphone will never have a "ground reference" to compare your high voltage to unless you put it between you and something else. YMMV -- park the digital toys somewhere until you're done shocking folks.

I made the generator but i have a problem. Whenever i turn it on and i put it all on i cant shock anything. It has a healthy bridge when i put them close together but when i put on everything it wont work one i take off the foot harness and have someone hold it i can shock them but when i put it on i cant shock a thing. I just really need some help.

How well this device works depends on how conductive the ground is. If you're on damp concrete or dirt it will work best, on dry it will work pretty well, on plastic tile or wood floors it will barely work at all. It also works best if what you are shocking is grounded. If not, it may shock the first time, but then the charges will balance out and it won't work again until the target discharges on something that is grounded.

Your problem's going to be that it's only going to attract dog hair that's floating through the air if it's stationary. You could simply build this device, wear it, and walk around with a baking tray or some other large metal surface to attract the hair from carpet and such. This device doesn't work so great on surfaces that are not very conductive though. Not very effective to wear on plastic fiber carpet or wood floors.

Thank you. I realize the above device would not be effectiv. We are looking to invent or build our own dog hair attracting machine as a science project. I was hoping you would have some ideas on what material would be best.

's get placed here -->XReplies jhausch Feb 17, 2004 06:32am #1Is the motor running hot? Can you put a clamp on amp meter on a leg to see what it is pulling? If not hot and not too much current, I'd say that you are probably OK with the static unit.

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