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Assuming one does not have a handy used dryer sheet . . . or a fancy grounding strap to wear . . . what is your "favorite" way to get rid of static electricity?
I had a really close call in the reloading room today because I had noticed the static electricity buildup and didn't do anything about it. Until I reached for a pan of powder on the scale and saw the spark (looked like a spark plug firing!) that ignited it jump from my finger to the pan.
No shit. That was it for the day, for me. 8|
Lotion you ashy bastard.
Copper pipe shoved up your ass and properly grounded?
It hurts less than an explosion.
Thanks for the suggestion. But I am not convinced that putting lotion on all the reloading stuff is a good idea. Wouldn't that make it really difficult to get all the powder out of the scale pan? :chinscratch:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tack Driver
"The voice of experience". I know it when I hear it. Thanks Dale!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dale Gribble
Just one question please; should I put lotion on it?
Either of my kids or my wife.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rumbler
Specifically an ear when i can sneak up on one of them...
I would, but thats a personal decision.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rumbler
On a serious note, I've heard that fabric softener mixed with water spayed on the floor in the area you are working helps.
Put it on your hands dummy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rumbler
What does that do other than give you nice girly hands? Btw, nice girly hands man...Quote:
Originally Posted by Tack Driver
Actually the lotion suggestion is a good idea. Were I work ESD (electrostatic discharge) is a very big deal. We provide our production workers with special ESD lotion. This is used along with grounding straps and ESD monitors. Our benches are grounded, each bench has a ESD resistant mat, special wax for the floors, lab coats, etc..... All it takes is one little spark to ruin a circuit board.
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Originally Posted by Tack Driver
"It puts the lotion on it's skin or else it gets the hose again"
I ran a wire from my Mec 900 to the screw in the middle of the outlet (holds the front plate on) It throws accurate loads and the bottle never has flakes on the sides
Is static discharge capable of igniting powder? Gunpowder is very, very stable. I wouldn't worry about it.
It puts the Joe Dirt in the hole!
This entire thread I have envisioned Rumbler shuffling around the reload trailer in a pair of pre War of Northern Agression wool socks, mumbling reload data and discharging static in the mirror while repeating "snot locker."
..........rockin' that disheveled static hair.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jafar
After rubbing a Piggly Wiggly Happy Birthday balloon back and forth in it...Quote:
Originally Posted by Tack Driver
LMAO
...........checking the windows every 45 seconds for Dream Defenders.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jafar
He is dressed in your vision? Or is he just wearing socks?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jafar
Of fuck, never mind. I guess I don't need lunch today.
What happens in the reload trailer, stays in the reload trailer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dale Gribble
I need to eyewash my brain.
It's just a group of guys, shoving projectiles into reamed and trimmed brassholes. Don't make it awkward, Dale.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dale Gribble
Dirty Mike and the boys call it the "Soup Kitchen."Quote:
Originally Posted by Ike
Mine is bolted to wood, but wood should discharge the static buildup if you touch it before touching metal, I remember my physics teacher would use a wooden ruler to discharge the static after using one of those crazy static machines that makes your hair stand on end.
Okay, on the lotion thing;
Just keeping your hands moisturized goes a long way. That said, in the winter/fall, I was having a hell of a time getting shocked 50 times a day getting in and out of cars. I always had static cling between my legs and pants. I did some reading and the seasonal change was the dead give away. Your skin is always drier in the cooler, lower humidity seasons. That dry skin, and the clothes moving against it's surface causes nearly all of your static.
Lotion on my legs, arms, and hands after a shower eliminates static for me all day. YMMV.
I don't do that shit year round, BTW, and I can find an assistant a lot of the time. :goodjob:
And I thought I had the gayest string of posts in this thread.
I'm willing to take the ridicule to try and help Rumbler not blow up his reloading trailer/Ferguson protest hideout.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jafar
Hey man, we can't all be cripplingly homophobic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ike
Nah, they would.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ike
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Originally Posted by Bodo
Yes. Absolutely. Most positively for sure. I did it about 24 hours ago.
It is true that smokeless powder is very stable. But that in no practical way correlates to its flammability. Think newspaper. Extremely stable. But also pretty darned flammable! Drop a hot spark on newspaper and it'll burn a hole in it. Smokeless powder, drop a hot spark into it and it will ignite.
Jesus says hate is bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ike
God bless.
I will not even pretend to know the why/how of this. Sure looks like that guy knows what he was doing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Billythekid
And it annoys me greatly that I have no choice but to dispute his conclusion. But I've got burns on my fingers and a singed scale pan I can't just ignore. :(
Correct. Heat is what starts the reaction. Very little heat is produced with static shock.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rumbler
I went and bought a box of dryer sheets at the dollar store. They were on sale for a dollar.:hrmmm:
Worked like a million bucks.
. . . no girly smelling lotion required.:P
Though I do have to admit that the sheets didn't do sheet for my ashy skin. :headslap:
OK who snuck in and added some wiring to Rumbler's scale?