[Rhodes22-list] Computer email advice to Eric

[Ronald Lipton]

Relocating to the middle east should solve the lighting/static problem:
http://thunder.msfc.nasa.gov/data/query/2004/mission.png

Ron
On Aug 5, 2004, at 5:04 PM, John Tonjes wrote:

> Roger,
> The static electricity buidls up on the boat and when she reaches over 
> the railing (bare skin) touching the railing and the outboard, she 
> completes the circuit. Trust me, it gets your attention on the bare 
> skin of a large belly like mine. I don't have an explanation for all 
> the science behind it, but I know this is the case. A quick check 
> withn a volt meter will answerr the question. A reading of 12 volts 
> will indicate a battery system short, as you have thought it was. 
> Anything different will be a static build up.
>
> Rummy....glad to be home again. Home, where the ice is free and the 
> rum plentiful.
>
>
>> From: "Roger Pihlaja" <cen09402 at centurytel.net>
>> Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>> To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Computer email advice to Eric
>> Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 16:04:40 -0400
>>
>> Rummy,
>>
>> First of all, welcome back to the list!
>>
>> I've never experienced the sort of static electricity build-up you 
>> describe,
>> so I will bow to your experience in this area.  But, why would the 
>> outboard
>> engine housing on Carol's boat be giving her a shock under these 
>> conditions,
>> especially if the motor was electrically disconnected from the boat's
>> electrical system?
>>
>> Roger Pihlaja
>> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "John Tonjes" <robertbovee at hotmail.com>
>> To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 11:24 AM
>> Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Computer email advice to Eric
>>
>>
>> > Ed,
>> > Yes, I signed back up on the list yesterday. "Robert Eric Bovee" is
>> actually
>> > my birth name and is a pen name I use for writing infrequent 
>> technical
>> > articles for two different trade magazines (roofing, very boring 
>> stuff).
>> > I was adopted at a young age.
>> > Roger,
>> > I am not the first to experience the static charge shocking. Alex 
>> Bell
>> > suffered the same thing while they were still living in Colorado. I 
>> had
>> > totally disconnected all electrical devices and still maintained a 
>> 26 volt
>> > reading. An easy fix would be to ground the rigging with a small, 
>> thin
>> > copper wire overboard. I'm sure others have experienced the pinching
>> > fealing, shock, but didn't know what it was.
>> >
>> > Rummy (for real)
>> >
>> >
>> > >From: "ed kroposki" <ekroposki at charter.net>
>> > >Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>> > >To: "'The Rhodes 22 mail list'" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>> > >Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Computer email advice to Eric
>> > >Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 07:57:06 -0400
>> > >
>> > >Michael:
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >What do you mean?  "You might want to ask the sysadmin to give 
>> your mail
>> > >program a turn up."  Conduct a class please with intricate details.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >Have you noticed that Rummy snuck back on the list?
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >Ed K
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
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