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Lex Parsimoniae
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Gas leak season & static electricity
These folks were extremely lucky. Since it seems like only a small amount
of gas detonated in the primary explosion. Explosion rips through Winthrop, Mass. home Many times, the walls come down completely. ~~~ Last night, I got up out of a leather covered chair in the den and stepped over to the lamp table to unplug the Kindle Fire from it's charge cable. As my finger tips neared the device, I received a static stock and saw a bright spark leap between my fingers and the Kindle. Amazon.com: Customer Discussions: static discharge ("shocks") when using Kindle Fire Kinda strange. I guess the 5VDC inverter power supply and the power-strip is somehow allowing a ground to be felt on the chassis of the Kindle..?. Anyways, in my electrifying case, I think it's my fleece lounging wear being quickly removed from a leather covered chair, that's building up the charge. The other night I jumped up, took a few steps into the kitchen, reached for the micro-wave door and saw the bright arc leap from my hand, to the door and then jump to the micro-wave chassis on the other side of the door, near the hinge. The point of this ramble: That house could have been detonated by static electricity.. So, that might be something to be thinking about if you work with Propane, or R290.?. I was wearing a grounding strap on my wrist, all day yesterday, while I was building some sensitive (and costly) electronic gear at work. Got me thinking.. Could wearing anti-static grounding strap be useful when working with R290?
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