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Have a small cordless my daughter uses. She says it’s shocking her now when using it.

Common problem? Time for a new one?

Or is it static electricity built up?


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New tide pod dare?

Lick the contacts of a electric drill battery?

Or maybe she has sweaty palms and a Chinese knock off drill.
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Seriously I have never seen anything but plastic anywhere near the handle of a battery powered drill.


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Could be momentary static discharge - what is the normal duration of her "shocks"? Is the shock an ongoing event when it is operating?

Maybe she could try some rubber-soled zorries.


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I'd go for static. Tell her to quit combing/teasing her hair with it. smile


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Originally Posted by las
I'd go for static. Tell her to quit combing/teasing her hair with it. smile


Funny you say this.

She uses this driver with a rotary brush to work hair on her steers.

I’m guessing it’s static buildup. But didn’t want to poison the info well here by saying that when I posted.


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Shocked from DC current, nope.

Take her out to your vehicle, have her grab hold of the positive and the negative on the battery and show her that a DC does not “shock”.


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I have hundreds of hours wielding a cordless drill. Never been shocked.

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24 volts DC can be felt.


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Originally Posted by steve4102
Shocked from DC current, nope.

Take her out to your vehicle, have her grab hold of the positive and the negative on the battery and show her that a DC does not “shock”.


You might change your mind if you stick your tongue to the terminals of a fresh 9V battery.

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Spark plugs run on DC- - - -50 KV+ can definitely shock somebody!


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Originally Posted by steve4102
Shocked from DC current, nope.

Take her out to your vehicle, have her grab hold of the positive and the negative on the battery and show her that a DC does not “shock”.

DC does not shock???
You couldn't be more wrong! It's not weather it's DC or AC that determines if it will shock, but the level of voltage. Either will shock you if the voltage is high enough. Either will kill you if the current is high enough.


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Originally Posted by Hotrod_Lincoln
Spark plugs run on DC- - - -50 KV+ can definitely shock somebody!

I think i just figured out antifa

These brats and hoodlums have never had the experience of a coil wire, a screw driver in the plug test gone awry, small engine killswitch tab that worn thru a hole in rubber. Or the exhilaration of your inner thigh contact an electric fence while trying step over.
Or shoving a fork prong into a wall outlet or fishing around down inside grandma’s toaster


Something about any of those events are humbling and soul tempering.

These indoorsy, ‘kept’ young people in my opinion are the ones who escaped or were shielded from this. Cartoons, video games, getting their hineys wiped until 10, and healthy after school snacks have ruined them. I mean juice boxes? Cmon

That’s got to be it

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I'd love to rig a vehicle with a "10 mile weed burner" electric fence charger and a bunch of bare wires on about 6" standoffs all over the car, and then drive into the middle of a PANTIFAG crowd! Turn on the juice and let 'em try to to grab a door handle! I'd have a few friends with Super Soakers filled with salt water riding shotgun!

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Originally Posted by K1500
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Shocked from DC current, nope.

Take her out to your vehicle, have her grab hold of the positive and the negative on the battery and show her that a DC does not “shock”.


You might change your mind if you stick your tongue to the terminals of a fresh 9V battery.
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Well, I found out you don't want a penny and a 9V together in the same pocket anywhere near your balls. No shock, but there are other ways of getting 'em all hot and bothered. smile


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My high school auto mech teacher from the 70s Did a demo with the class one time. He had a machine that showed how a HEI system worked. This was about the time that points plugs and condensers were no longer being put in cars. He had the class line up and hold hands. He took a spark plug wire and was holding it in one hand and with his Other hand held a students hand. All 8 of us students were n a line holding hands. When he turned on that machine instantly the kid at the end of the line start screaming and trying to pull loose. As soon as he pulled loose the next kid at the end got to pulling loose. And so on and so on till the demonstration was over.
Lesson learned. Don't mess with those spark plug wires while the engine is running.

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Yea and don’t put a battery and steel wool together in your pocket either

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I know some pool installers that run cordless drills underwater.
They don't get shocked.


In Auto-Diesel Vo-tech we used to stick a condenser wire into the spark plug boot
of a GM HEI car. Start the car and use ignition pliers to hold the condenser against
a ground. Then curl the wire with the exposed Stake on near the condenser.

All you needed was a victim that would catch it when you tossed it too them.

10th graders learned that in the first couple weeks.

Hilarious to see the reaction to a 40,000 volt surprise!

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I had a childhood friend who’s dad kept having his batter stood off his car. (This was back when you could raise the hood without getting in the car to pull the hood release) so he rigged a model T Ford buzz coil to the hood latch so it would make contact when the thief pulled the latch. No more batteries were stolen.

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Yes
Those were the good ol days. A shop teacher could go to jail no days for teaching like that now.

We didn’t forget those lessons!!!

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Originally Posted by Tarkio
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I'd go for static. Tell her to quit combing/teasing her hair with it. smile


Funny you say this.

She uses this driver with a rotary brush to work hair on her steers.

I’m guessing it’s static buildup. But didn’t want to poison the info well here by saying that when I posted.

I’ll go with static. Maybe use Static Guard spray on the steers.


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