Good one Kevin...I know several people who should keep a "Static-Buster" in their mouth at all times ! :-)) (Non Hams of course....)
John VE3AMZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Custer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 8:46 AM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Static Cling (was - polyphaser) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Hey, ya drag your feet on the carpet .. aren't you thus 'connected' ?? > >Shockingly, no. <g> > > > Interesting that this would come up... Last year, before installing a > whole house furnace humidifier, I got zapped every time I reached for a > light switch (screws are grounded). Many times it would draw an arc of > 1/4 inch or more. Just for the heck of it, I did a test. I put on my > shoes and drug my feet across the carpet and with a NE-2 neon bulb, > touched the screw on a convenient lamp switch. Many times I would build > up enough static electricity that I could make the bulb burn for about a > second, and sometimes it would snap (arc across?). > > I took one of the Static Busters and put the end that gets mounted in my > mouth. I did the test again, and was very surprised that I couldn't > build up enough charge to make the bulb light. > > Kevin > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
