Man you talk about Static..... shoot this place makes my Girly truck at a
Gas Station look like a light weight.
Tom I appreciate your thoughts.... Glen's just an over zealous ahhhhhhh
well what do you expect from Him? you can only do so much with lower class
society....
Keith ( thanks for the thoughts on fixing the truck... and You can keep
the Leather.... I ordered it with Cloth... with our humidity you don't want
Leather)
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> From: Thomas E. Bryant <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
> To: ARDUNDOUG@aol.com
> Cc: land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Static electricity
> Date: Thursday, March 07, 2002 2:40 PM
>
> That is a good diagnosis Doug. Keith should have sprung for a leather
> interior. In the automotive electronic scene, we are cautioned not to
> place any solid-state parts on a plastic service. Plastic collects and
> holds static electricity. When you slide across it, you pick up the
> charge which can be several hundred volts.
>
> Tom, Redding CA - #216 D/GCC
>
> ARDUNDOUG@aol.com wrote:
>
> >In a message dated 3/6/2002 11:03:33 PM Pacific Standard Time,
kturk@ala.net
> >writes:
> >
> >
> >>I've had an interesting problem with my girly truck ever since I've
owned
> >>it.... damn thing shocks the poop outta you everytime you get out and
touch
> >>the door to close it.... it has never really bothered me and has
actually
> >>created some amusement as I usually let a passenger get out first and
watch
> >>THEM get shocked......
> >>
> >>Today I had got out to fuel the thing and it was a particularly dry
day....
> >>I hadn't closed the door so the first thing I touched was the Gas
Cap....
> >>Hmmm I'm sure all of you can see this going bad....
> >>
> >>I just thought I would ask you guys what you thought about fixes?.... I
was
> >>thinking about a simple rubber grounding strap mounted under the truck
> >>somewhere.... But I could see 10 folks a day telling me I had something
> >>dragging.....
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Keith,
> > I always found in the days of clear plastic seat covers that the
same
> >thing would happen with them. Turned out that as my fanny slid across
the
> >seat it generated static electricity. Unless I was holding ont something
that
> >was grounded (the steering wheel rim generally isn't) as I slid in,
static
> >electricity was generated and stored in my body. When I eventually
touched a
> >ground I got zapped as the charge jumped the gap between my finger and
the
> >ground source. I became the electrode of a spark plug......Ardun Doug
King
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