[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 Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/