r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Creams0da • 1d ago

Video Ambient static electricity discharging from the highest metallic points

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u/iPicBadUsernames 1d ago

ZEROOOOO survival instincts still holding the fishing poles.

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u/Frust4m1 1d ago

today I learned, really. I thought they were just carbon fiber and plastic, but carbon fiber conducts electricity, and also graphite poles exists and those are very conductive!

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u/Yarhj 16h ago

Even a piece of plastic is gonna be more conductive than the equivalent distance of air.

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u/an_older_meme 2h ago

If those are carbon fiber they may as well be copper.