Re: [MBZ] Static Sparks

2010-12-08 Thread WILTON
, December 07, 2010 10:13 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Static Sparks WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com writes: 'Been zapped a few times, myself. A few years ago I bought a yard vacuum/blower. Looks like a push mower but it's really a big outdoor vacuum cleaner. The discharge can be directed into a catch

Re: [MBZ] Static Sparks

2010-12-08 Thread Harry Watkins
I was a crew member on an HH-43B helicopter in the Michigan UP. We had a fire suppression unit that hung from below. The person making that hook up with the chopper hovering above had better ground the loop to the latch before touching any part of the chopper. I never saw it get anyone, but

Re: [MBZ] Static Sparks

2010-12-08 Thread pm7088
Watkins harry...@bellsouth.net To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, December 8, 2010 10:33:18 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Static Sparks I was a crew member on an HH-43B helicopter in the Michigan UP. We had a fire suppression unit that hung from below. The person making

[MBZ] Static Sparks [was: Re: The W123 of vacuum cleaners]

2010-12-07 Thread Craig
On Tue, 7 Dec 2010 18:18:11 -0500 WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote: Discharging static electricity reminds me: A favorite trick in the B-52 alert facility at Kincheloe AFB, MI, (near Sault Ste. Marie in the UP - very cold and dry winters) was to quietly shuffle feet on carpet while easing up

Re: [MBZ] Static Sparks [was: Re: The W123 of vacuum cleaners]

2010-12-07 Thread WILTON
'Been zapped a few times, myself. Wilton - Original Message - From: Craig diese...@pisquared.net To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 9:05 PM Subject: [MBZ] Static Sparks [was: Re: The W123 of vacuum cleaners] On Tue, 7 Dec 2010 18:18:11 -0500 WILTON wilt

Re: [MBZ] Static Sparks

2010-12-07 Thread Allan Streib
WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com writes: 'Been zapped a few times, myself. A few years ago I bought a yard vacuum/blower. Looks like a push mower but it's really a big outdoor vacuum cleaner. The discharge can be directed into a catch bag or just off to the side, which is what I do because I really