Re: vacuum cleaner static vortex

2005-05-01 Thread leaking pen
its a dirt devil dynamite, its been doing this since it was bought, and its probably been run about 5 hours now without a cleaning and still building up charge. yes, rather dry, i am in arizona after all. however, its done it with a high humidity as well, just not as much buildup. taking a

RE: vacuum cleaner static vortex

2005-04-30 Thread Michael Foster
What brand is the vac? I gotta try this. BTW, charged powder van de Graaff generators have been built, but they were kind of a mess and didn't work too well. M. --- On Sat 04/30, leaking pen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hey all, i thought id share something interesting ive notice. ive

RE: vacuum cleaner static vortex

2005-04-30 Thread William Beaty
On Sat, 30 Apr 2005, Michael Foster wrote: What brand is the vac? I gotta try this. Very cool! A low-humidity environment is probably the key to this. Powder impact on plastic should charge both the powder and the plastic. I've never seen it happen with my vacuum in Seattle, so it might be