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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.
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
Sometimes you meet someone, and you know from that very first moment, You want to spend the rest of your life without them
Is static discharge capable of igniting powder? Gunpowder is very, very stable. I wouldn't worry about it.
None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license.
--John Milton
Only digging in on the position of the truth – yes, I defend guns because guns are useful for killing criminals and tyrants – is going to be successful. Only the truth shall set you free.
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.
I'd rather be lucky than good, but I'd rather KNOW I'm good than HOPE to get lucky.
Correct. Heat is what starts the reaction. Very little heat is produced with static shock.
None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license.
--John Milton
Only digging in on the position of the truth – yes, I defend guns because guns are useful for killing criminals and tyrants – is going to be successful. Only the truth shall set you free.
I will not even pretend to know the why/how of this. Sure looks like that guy knows what he was doing.
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.
I'd rather be lucky than good, but I'd rather KNOW I'm good than HOPE to get lucky.
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.
"It does not take a majority to prevail, but a tireless minority keen to setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." - Father of Our Revolution, Samuel Adams.
I may be found dead in a ditch, but by God, they will find me and my rights in a PILE of brass.
"Sure you can trust our government. Just ask an Indian."
"Extremism in the defense of Liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of Justice is no virtue." - Barry Goldwater
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