What, no Uncle Fester jokes?
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Jim
John J. Riddell wrote:
> 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
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