Posted by #1 Son on November 29, 00 at 08:35:52:
In Reply to: Re: Static Elec. shocks with cloth upholstery...has this been covered? posted by ALAN on November 29, 00 at 08:00:51:
: I believe the static electricity is from the new compunds used in tires (silca) that creates the charge.......
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The new compound may have complicated the solution to the problem. But the static charge problem as such has been around a LoooONG time. I used to see tanker trucks draging a chain behind them since eons ago!
When we were simulating the Apollo 11 Moon Landing during the 1968-1969 period, we were able to "bomb-out" a digital computer by dragging a chair across the floor in front of its CPU EVERY TIME!
We installed anti-static mats and outlawed non-wheeled chairs in our Laboratory ever since!
#1 Son
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