Help me solve static electricity problem


Lately I keep sending my Classe Amp and/or conrad-johnson preamp into protection mode simply by touching anything in my system. A loud pop goes through my speakers and it's very, very disconcerting. I'm smart enough to try to touch something metal before touching my rack, but this does not always work. Apparently I'm not smart enough to solve this condundrum, though. Any ideas????
vhiner

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Isn't static at very high voltage?
Would a cap simply look like a resistor to a very high voltage...even if the current were essentially zero?

We had static problems at work and a bigtime solution in the form of HV electrodes protruding into the airflow...it was a top to bottom 'laminar' flow ROOM.
We also had a little gun....called a 'ZeroStat' which was effective in the reduction static charge on say....Teflon Cassettes, used to hold silicon wafers. The static would attract dust like a mad dog.

http://www.2spi.com/catalog/photo/zerostat.shtml
I understand that YOU (not you personally) are the 'static' problem.

Just ZAP yourself! Wear a anti stat wrist band and ground it to the gear in question.

Get a humidifier? I remember when I was a kid in Chicago....In the driest part of winter...you could draw an arc. and hear it across the room.