Just reached over to change the date on the postage meter, and apparently the friction from the chair on the floormat plus the fact that I just wrapped something with plastic packing tape generated enough static electricity to power downtown Manhattan for a few weeks. I think I'll call the burn unit after I get feeling back in my arm. Ow.
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DAMN YOU, Static Electricity!!!!
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ScrapSilicon
Lifer
dam*ed straight...*BzzzZAP* 35k + volts ..😉
ScrapSilicon
Lifer
uh...nm...not gonna ask which...
Yeah I have satin sheets on my bed, and if I have like flannely pants on when I sleep, the static really builds up after laying in my bed for a while. So one time I got up to go to my computer and touched my finger to the steel desk. Ouch that hurt.
In the winter I am constantly grounding myself out everywhere I go before the static builds up enough to cause pain, like on my school locker in the morning.
In the winter I am constantly grounding myself out everywhere I go before the static builds up enough to cause pain, like on my school locker in the morning.
I've been getting some really impressive static charges recently. Last night I got a shock, when I went to unlock my garage after getting out of my car. I didn't feel much, because the charge went though most of my palm and via a big bunch of keys (instead a finger tip). But the key closest to the door lock, emitted a fat 3/4" long spark, with audible click.
Of course, capacitors, while not really static electricity can deliver I nasty belt. I somehow charged a motor-start capacitor the size of a half-can of beans to about 750 V, and forgot to discharge it. Picked it up a couple of hours later, and boy did that bite. Don't know where the 750 V came from, but presumably it was due to the induction in the motor it was connected to - as I only supplied 240 VAC,
In case you were wondering, the motor and capacitor came from an old floppy disk drive.
Of course, capacitors, while not really static electricity can deliver I nasty belt. I somehow charged a motor-start capacitor the size of a half-can of beans to about 750 V, and forgot to discharge it. Picked it up a couple of hours later, and boy did that bite. Don't know where the 750 V came from, but presumably it was due to the induction in the motor it was connected to - as I only supplied 240 VAC,
In case you were wondering, the motor and capacitor came from an old floppy disk drive.
ScrapSilicon
Lifer
great...new cool project...
sharkeeper
Lifer
Static is nothing to fool with. Hazards of igniting dust and flammable vapors aside, during dry weather charges can build up to lethal levels on disconnected overheard wires because they are insulated so well from the ground. A stout VanDeGraaff is a good demonstration of this principle.
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ScrapSilicon
Lifer
...prime candidate ...Originally posted by: ScrapSilicon
great...new cool project...:sun:
🙁 ..
cherrytwist
Diamond Member
reminds me of an incident I once had with a MIG welder...
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