I have a couple of these stools from older mainframes, and unless Gadi's has
been modified, it should be OK. They had rubber wheels on them, and there was
a rubber skirt around the base of the stool that should keep any static
electricity - static.
Le 03/09/2019 à 20:24, Farley, Peter
Jacquot
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Le 03/09/2019 à 20:24, Farley, Peter x23353 a écrit :
> Gadi,
>
> I would think the only important criteria is that if the stool is made of
>
Like, man, isn't any stored electricity kind of static? Until it's not,
anyway...
On Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 3:09 PM Raphaël Jacquot wrote:
> Le 03/09/2019 à 21:06, Paul Gilmartin a écrit :
>
> >> metal doesn't keep static charges. your wool suit however...
> >>
> > Errr... :
> >
Le 03/09/2019 à 21:06, Paul Gilmartin a écrit :
metal doesn't keep static charges. your wool suit however...
Errr... :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_de_Graaff_generator
in which case the static electricity is stored within the belt
On Tue, 3 Sep 2019 20:52:50 +0200, Raphaël Jacquot wrote:
>Le 03/09/2019 à 20:24, Farley, Peter x23353 a écrit :
>> Gadi,
>>
>> I would think the only important criteria is that if the stool is made of
>> conducting metal, is it properly grounded? Don't want any stray static
>> charges in the
Le 03/09/2019 à 20:24, Farley, Peter x23353 a écrit :
Gadi,
I would think the only important criteria is that if the stool is made of
conducting metal, is it properly grounded? Don't want any stray static charges
in the frame, that would be Very Bad.
metal doesn't keep static charges. your
, Rex
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Are you sure about that? I didn't think the ladder or stool were CPU serial
dependent. I'm in trouble then if our z14 ever needs repair because I shipped
the z14's
Discussion List On Behalf Of zMan
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Only if you install an RPQ.
On Mon, Sep 2, 2019 at 6:43 AM Gadi Ben-Avi wrote:
> Is it OK to use the stool that came with a z890 to repair a z
