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Static electricity can also cause uncomfortable shocks to a person who becomes "charged up". To experience this shock, drag your feet across a carpet in socks, then touch your finger to a doorknob. Static electricity can be responsible for the ignition of flammable gases, such as the vapors produced by petrol (gasoline) when you are filling your car.

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well, do you know sometimes when you touch a doorhandls, and you get a small electric shock? Well, that's static electricity. Athough in most situation this is fine, if you are in a building with oil, or explsive gasses, this could cause a huge explosion.

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Static discharges are direct current, household devices need alternating current to operate. ***** Static discharges are instanteneous (that is why they call them "static"), and they don't have enough energy to light even a tiny 1,5W 3V lamp. But even if they had enough energy to light , for example, a LED for some seconds, the device for capturing that tiny quantity of energy, and for transforming this energy to useful energy, would not worth its money.

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To run a tv, it needs power to process signals, drive circuits & finally to give an image output (CRT- throwing electrons / Plasma- ionizing the gas cells). What ever it does, it requires power. Static electricity is available with the use of capacitors. But when the stored energy is consumed it's no longer there, it's discharged. To supply back current it should be recharged. This will need a greater rate of charging for a smooth & a constant power supply, in fact an infinite rate. So, this is impossible.

So moving/ dynamic charges or a current (AC) is used to supply a steady power to the tv set.

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electricity is something that causes shocks

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You can u sillys

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Why is static electricity not useful as a power source

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Why cant nothing be charged by static electricity?

Not sure what you are asking. You have used two fine negative words in the question, so interpretation is difficult."Why can't anything be charged by static electricity?"Static means stationary. Once the static electricity is given the chance to flow, it is dissipated. If I charge myself with static electricity by rubbing my shoes on a synthetic carpet, then I have "trapped" the electricity - it is static or still. When I touch my friend on the ear or hand, the electricity flows to her with a zap and is lost to the ground.Electricity that is generated or from a battery flows continuously in a circuit it is not dissipated.


How does static electricity damage your drive?

Static electricity build-up can be strong enough to melt the microscopic internal circuitry inside micro-chips. It's not the voltage of the static that does the damage - it's the power (amps) behind the charge.


Why is static electricity a uncontroled form of electricity?

It cant run electrical things with it, you kind of dont expect it to happen it just happens. Thier is nothing you can really do. Once friction builds up it can create a positive charge or a negative charge , so when the friction is built up it can shock you at any time. There isnt really a time you can say,it just happens at any time when the friction builds up and its ready to discharge.


Is static electricity in magnets?

Static electricity uses positive and negative charges contained within a non-conductive material to attract or repel another object with off balanced charges. Magnetism uses the polarity of atoms to attract or repel another object that can potentially be a magnet.


Could we run out of electricity?

no you cant it will just jack up your bill

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How can you make static electricity using a cloth and a pen?

you cant


Why cant nothing be charged by static electricity?

Not sure what you are asking. You have used two fine negative words in the question, so interpretation is difficult."Why can't anything be charged by static electricity?"Static means stationary. Once the static electricity is given the chance to flow, it is dissipated. If I charge myself with static electricity by rubbing my shoes on a synthetic carpet, then I have "trapped" the electricity - it is static or still. When I touch my friend on the ear or hand, the electricity flows to her with a zap and is lost to the ground.Electricity that is generated or from a battery flows continuously in a circuit it is not dissipated.


Can a lemon power a light bulb?

it depends on the amount of acid in the lemon and lemon does not create make it conducts electricity


You have problems with static electricity in your clothes and in your bed which is a sofa bed made of largely synthetic material. How can you reduce or eliminate it?

u cant lol


Why cant conductors generate static electricity when rubbed together?

Static electricity causes electrons to move from one material to the other. In an insulator, these electrons can't flow back to equalise the charges, whereas in a conductor they can; so whilst they could conceivably generate static electricity, it would be lost as quickly as it was made.


What are the bad uses about hydroelectric power?

there are no bad uses of hydro electricity and cant be


How does static electricity damage your drive?

Static electricity build-up can be strong enough to melt the microscopic internal circuitry inside micro-chips. It's not the voltage of the static that does the damage - it's the power (amps) behind the charge.


How do you sell your room in static hotel?

You cant sell your room in static hotel


Is electricity wasted by simply leaving small appliances and table lamps plugged in if they do not have a pilot light or standby mode?

In short yes but it depends, mostly it's those appliances that use electricity in standby mode. The easiest way to tell is if it produces heat even when off. Run your hand over the top and feel for heat. TV's, computers, VCR's, DVD's anything with a timer or a clock and chargers for cellphones etc. Other things like lamps dont use electricity when plugged in. They cant because they use a simple circuit, it is either on or off.


Why is static electricity a uncontroled form of electricity?

It cant run electrical things with it, you kind of dont expect it to happen it just happens. Thier is nothing you can really do. Once friction builds up it can create a positive charge or a negative charge , so when the friction is built up it can shock you at any time. There isnt really a time you can say,it just happens at any time when the friction builds up and its ready to discharge.


Why can't electricity flow through plastic?

Because metal and plastic arent the same materials so metal goes with the flow through static electricity but plastic cant.


How does electricity affect your access to technology?

You cant use technology without electricity?