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- From: djclute@cwis.unomaha.edu (Daniel Jonathan Clute)
- Subject: What causes electrical shock?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.201040.15276@news.unomaha.edu>
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- Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 20:10:40 GMT
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- On a recent vacation, I stayed in a hotel room full of static;
- whenever I tried to turn on a light, I was shocked. Needless to say,
- each time I was shocked, I thought more and more about what actually
- causes static shock so that I could somehow alleviate the problem.
- Vacation over, I'm still seeking the answers to two particular questions:
- 1) what causes static shock (low humidity?), and 2) what is the proper
- technique to "ground out" (rub on wood?).
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- Simply inquistive,
- Daniel Clute
- djclute@cwis.unomaha.edu
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