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Static electricity pulled the rubber mat right off the Turntable!

Howdy folks!

Lotta static with the TT. Rush lifted the rubber mat right off the SL Technics 1200 GR table tonight! I live in Miami Florida with a billion percent humidity.  I keep the humidity at 55 to 60 percent while I'm gone and drop it to 45 percent asap. Better grounding? Better wall socket? Pre play were dead of static. Lifting it, it's charged!

Thanks, 

Brent
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nicktheknife
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I have wall to wall carpeting made of some kind of synthetic.  
The thing is, I have two turntables in the same room.  The Dual and a Bluenote Bellavista Signature and that produces no static at all.  Of course the platter is not aluminum like the Dual's.
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chakster
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@lewm 

Very often, the static charge happens because of what the user brings up to the turntable (what he or she is standing on, what shoes he or she is wearing) during the changing of an LP.

Exactly, barefoot is what the OP should try first. 

P.S. Antistatic Gun = Zerostat   
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knollbrent OP
314 posts
 
Yup, I couldn't get anymore barefoot than I am.
lewm
6,770 posts
 
Now take off all your clothes.
i know it’s a bit awkward to do it for every LP.
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knollbrent OP
314 posts
 
@lewm always. And I do it backwards just in case
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