From: Jonathan Berry (jberry_at_islandnet.com)
Date: Sun Dec 02 2001 - 11:14:49 EST
In article <3C09BEAD.78E52088_at_triton.net>,
Bert Haskins <bhaskins_at_triton.net> wrote:
[...]
>The one tip I must add since it's winter, is to
>get the humidity up in the place where you are working
>, do it in the kitchen with a pot of water boiling and wear all
>cotton clothes.
[...]
Bert, Kevin lives in Vancouver, not Montreal. It's damp all
year round. Vancouver is the home of "leaky condos", a $2
billion moisture problem. The cover story in the latest "BC
Report" (a local conservative monthly magazine) was not about
communism in Saskatchewan, but about mould.
Sure, precautions should be taken against static. But in this
part of the world (now why do they call it the Wet Coast?), I
never notice static except with certain combinations of
footwear and carpeting. I've never zapped anything at home (no
carpets), but I have zapped a TP 701C several times at a
carpeted office. Luckily, no indication of damage.
So take off your shoes and get grounded! It's a Wet Coast
thing.
>Dry air and "plastic" clothing build up static electricity and thats
>murder on all electronic parts especially ram chips.
>You can check this out by kneading packing peanuts.
>If they stick to your hands, you have a high static condition.
>Cheers, Bert
>
-- cheers Jonathan Berry http://www.islandnet.com/~jberry/ to know more than you want
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