>Every time I vacuum my carpet the plastic hose becomes charged with static >electricity. Cat and dog hair cling to it and sometimes small scraps of >paper. Now it could be the friction of the cleaning wand on the carpet >fiber,
Precisely what is happening. This is the classical method of creating static electricity. >but anyone who doubts that plain old air movement can lead to static >electricity buildup must have never seen a thunderstorm. Where do you think >the lightning comes from, Thor's hammer? The theories all involve stuff that happens with ice or water molecules, not air molecules. >It's so easy to avoid the possibility of damaging expensive electronics by >blowing the dust out instead of sucking it, why take the risk? Because blowing makes an unnecessary mess. Are you going to disconnect all the fans in your computer? ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
