Quickly pull off about 3 feet of scotch tape and it swings up to stick to your arm. Measure that static (with an 'infinite' impedance voltmeter) and there's about 50,000 volts. Not likely to set an office on fire though but it might zap a sensitive IC.
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Quickly pull off about 3 feet of scotch tape and it swings up to stick to your arm. Measure that static (with an 'infinite' impedance voltmeter) and there's about 50,000 volts. Not likely to set an office on fire though but it might zap a sensitive IC.