Ok, There putting strips on the bottom of Target and Wal-Mart shopping carts
to keep static down when a customer grabs the handle. So why wouldn't this
work well on a vehicle? Thanks, Bruce KD4BOH.
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From: "Kevin Custer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 7:46 AM
Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Static Cling (was - polyphaser)
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>>Hey, ya drag your feet on the carpet .. aren't you thus 'connected' ??
>>Shockingly, no. <g>
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> 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?).
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> 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.
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