"Re:Static Electricity Field Meter? (Score:2)

"Do a google search for "electrostatic voltmeter". It's an optional mode for voltmeters to detect high voltages. There's at least one company which makes such a device Multi Function Digital Voltmeter [chinatech.com] which goes up to 500 KiloVolts."

from the slashdot discussion
http://science.slashdot.org/science/05/09/17/0430208.shtml