On Jan 10, 2004, at 8:37 PM, Harry D. Corsover wrote:
I don't get a continuous tingle, just a slight momentary one that
tells me that I've just discharged some static electricity via the
PowerBook. Once that happens, there's no further discharge or tingle.
Having been used to the old clamshell
On Jan 8, 2004, at 2:57 PM, Paul Nicholson wrote:
On Jan 8, 2004, at 9:16 AM, Harry D. Corsover wrote:
Well, despite my habit of touching an anti-static mat before touching
my new 15 PowerBook, my arm sometimes grazes the edge of the PB
before I reach the mat. I feel a very slight tingle, but
For whatever reason, I seem to generate more static electricity than I would
consider normal. During the winter I spray my area with an anti-static
solution but the occasional zap still gets through. Heck, some days I wonder
if my demise will be the result of Spontaneous human Combustion!
Anyhow,
On Jan 8, 2004, at 10:00 AM, Mark Kippert wrote:
For whatever reason, I seem to generate more static electricity than I
would
consider normal. During the winter I spray my area with an anti-static
solution but the occasional zap still gets through. Heck, some days I
wonder
if my demise will be
Also...Have you looked into getting a room humidifier??? I had the same
type of problem until I got a humidifier last year...The humidity in the
house was about 10-15%...Way too low...By running the humidifier I got
it up to the mid 30% range which seemed to eliminate the problem...
HTH
On Jan 8, 2004, at 11:18 AM, Kochkodin wrote:
Also...Have you looked into getting a room humidifier??? I had the
same type of problem until I got a humidifier last year...The humidity
in the house was about 10-15%...Way too low...By running the
humidifier I got it up to the mid 30% range
: Harry D. Corsover
Subject: Re: Static discharge and the PowerBook
On Jan 8, 2004, at 11:18 AM, Kochkodin wrote:
Also...Have you looked into getting a room humidifier??? I had the
same type of problem until I got a humidifier last year...The humidity
in the house was about 10-15
On Jan 8, 2004, at 12:00 PM, Mark Kippert wrote:
Anyhow, I'm planning to replace my iBook with a new 15 PowerBook.
However I
was wondering about problems related to static electricity and the
aluminum
body. Anybody know of, or experience issues, related to this?
I routinely zap my 12 PB. I'm
On Jan 8, 2004, at 9:16 AM, Harry D. Corsover wrote:
Well, despite my habit of touching an anti-static mat before touching
my new 15 PowerBook, my arm sometimes grazes the edge of the PB
before I reach the mat. I feel a very slight tingle, but haven't
noticed anything that I can trace back to
