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From: Benjamin Goldman on 7 Jul 2010 23:12 Glennbo wrote: > In news:i130l5$hqn$2(a)news.eternal-september.org the killer robot > kitekrazy <kitekrazy(a)kitekrazy.org> grabbed the controls of the > spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... > > >>> In almost 30 years I have never, ever known anyone to lose any > >>> electronic component to static electricity. Ever. Lightning, > >>> yes, plenty of times. But not static discharge. > > > > >> My wife fried the front panel controls on our 300 disk Pioneer CD > >> changer, by sparking on it while just trying to hit play. That > unit >> now only works via the remote control. It happened in the > middle of >> Winter when static build up is high though, and I > wouldn't expect you >> could generate much if any static electricity > in the middle of >> Summer, even if you tried. > > > > > > > Well I am moving to where the humidity is maybe 4% at the most. > > Well the acid test is to scruff your shoes on the carpet a bit and > then touch a screw on a light switch. If that don't spark, you got > nothing to worry about. Then crumpled paper is your best bet. I would NEVER waste my money on those synthetic, rip-off, shipping materials. When the corporation you work for uses it - that's their stupid problem. ;-) -- Cheers, Ben
From: Benjamin Goldman on 9 Jul 2010 00:20 Glennbo wrote: > In news:xn0gwczyxdt66n1002bengoldman(a)news.nw.centurytel.net the > killer robot "Benjamin Goldman" <bengoldmanSKIPIT(a)centurytel.net> > grabbed the controls of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed > these buttons... > > > You don't have as many free ions floating around in summer - true. > > I have a few eons though! Neons look cool in black light. :-P -- Cheers, Ben
From: Benjamin Goldman on 10 Jul 2010 04:30 Glennbo wrote: > In news:xn0gwegf1155m7000bengoldman(a)news.nw.centurytel.net the killer > robot "Benjamin Goldman" <bengoldmanSKIPIT(a)centurytel.net> grabbed > the controls of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these > buttons... > > >> > You don't have as many free ions floating around in summer - > true. >> > >> I have a few eons though! > > > > Neons look cool in black light. :-P > > I sold my black Neon, eons ago!!! You finally saw the light and got rid of it? :-p -- Cheers, Ben
From: Benjamin Goldman on 10 Jul 2010 12:03 Glennbo wrote: > In news:xn0gwge6c1phh0k001bengoldman(a)news.nw.centurytel.net the > killer robot "Benjamin Goldman" <bengoldmanSKIPIT(a)centurytel.net> > grabbed the controls of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed > these buttons... > > >> >> > You don't have as many free ions floating around in summer - > >> true. >> > >> >> I have a few eons though! > >> > > >> > Neons look cool in black light. :-P > >> > >> I sold my black Neon, eons ago!!! > > > > You finally saw the light and got rid of it? :-p > > The lights still work, but half the electronic dash went out in it, > so there's no gas guage or speedometer. The guy that bought it from > me to use as a lake car put a GPS system in it so he could tell how > fast he was driving. American made cars. Built to las^H^H^H fall > apart! Unless it's a Ford; built tough. -- Cheers, Ben
From: Sue Morton on 10 Jul 2010 19:55
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&q=how+to+ground+yourself+and+prevent+esd -- Sue Morton "kitekrazy" <kitekrazy(a)kitekrazy.org> wrote in message news:i10s3s$pj6$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > On 7/6/2010 10:16 PM, Sue Morton wrote: >> Ground yourself well before and when packing; do the same before and >> when unpacking. >> > > How do I do that? > >> That's all I've ever done and not had a failure yet. YMMV of >> course... > |