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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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chakster
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Your case is exceptional, Brent
I have 4 different turntables and never experienced anything like that with the static, but as i said if you could start with the basics you may not need anything else. $10 Carbon Fiber Brush must be used each time before you play a side of a record. And simply $60 Antistatic Gun, it works like that https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgQLMBG-eQs
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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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