[Rhodes22-list] question about electricity

[JbTek]

I never saw lightning. That would be a show stopper for sure.
We did return to the marina at the right time or we would have been on the
lake when the rain hit, learned that the first time.
Jb


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael D. Weisner" <mweisner at ebsmed.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 12:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] question about electricity


> Jb,
>
> "Almost raining" - like thunderstorm activity?  The intense winds of a
> T-storm rip electrons from one cloud to another (above the rain), building
> up quite a charge differential.  The fact that it stopped once the rain
hit,
> indicates a similar activity.  If you still accumulated "charge" during
the
> rain, I would have looked for a different source.
>
> "My wife couldn't help but notice the 2 other ladies out in the rain
> stuffing there (sic) sails into their bags." - Ain't it just a wonderful
> thing to watch?
>
> Mike
> s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
> Nissequogue River, NY
>
>
> From: "Just bent" <j.bulfer at jbtek.com> Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008
2:15
> PM
> >
> > Mike wrote:
> >
> > As far as static electricity accumulating on the hull goes, it is
probably
> > due to the lack of humidity.
> >
> > It was almost raining at the time.
> > We were at the dock just before the storm hit. Once it started raining,
it
> > stopped.
> > The last pic shows my Rhodes with 3 other boats when the incident
occured.
> > My wife couldn't help but notice the 2 other ladies out in the rain
> > stuffing
> > there sails into their bags.
> > She just laughed & said ..." sure glad we don't have to do that"
> > Jb
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > R22MikeW wrote:
> >>
> >> Jb,
> >>
> >> The first pic is just fabulous!  For an northeast boater, the
> >> foothills/mountains show that it is not like any water that we sail in
> >> here
> >> on the LI Sound.  Beautiful - and the water still feels wet and you can
> >> sail
> >> on the stuff?  Here, boats are hauled and wrapped, the leaves have
nearly
> >> all fallen (we did have one of the prettiest autumns in years) ...  Now
> >> if
> >> only we could sail on snow!
> >>
> >> As far as static electricity accumulating on the hull goes, it is
> >> probably
> >> due to the lack of humidity.  Just as it occurs on airplanes, the winds
> >> redistribute electrons, causing a charge to build up on the insulated
> >> (fiberglass) hull.  The simplest way to remedy this is to provide a
> >> leakage
> >> path to the water.  All conductive metal objects (motor housing, rails,
> >> mast, rigging, etc.) should be connected together via a small wire (no
> >> real
> >> current is involved) and terminated at a fixture that is exposed to the
> >> water.  Care should be taken to make connection to the water away from
> >> gasoline vapors (not at the motor or mount) and using a "sacrificial
> >> anode",
> >> something that you would not miss, as it may be consumed by galvanic
> >> corrosion in the process of transferring the charge.  See
> >> http://www.boatus.com/boattech/casey/23.htm
> >>
> >> The creation of static electricity in this manner has been a real
problem
> >> in
> >> biking (bicycles) due to the use of nylon suits and composite helmets.
> >> Some
> >> people have had good results using antistatic preparations such as
fabric
> >> softeners to solve the problem.  While treating the hull with wax
> >> increases
> >> the static generation ability, applying fabric softener solutions may
> >> reduce
> >> the generated potential, although the combination may cause an unsafe,
> >> very
> >> slippery surface.
> >>
> >> You need to find a way to harness the potential energy that you have
> >> created
> >> rather than just discharge it.  How about a static electricity motor -
I
> >> think that John Galt knew something about this ...
> >>
> >> Mike
> >> s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
> >> Nissequogue River, NY
> >>
> >> From: "Just bent" <j.bulfer at jbtek.com> Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008
> >> 10:56
> >> AM
> >>>
> >>> Went sailing yesterday in somewhat stormy weather. Had a great day.
When
> >>> we
> >>> got back to the dock, when you touch the boat, you would get shocked.
I
> >>> unhooked the battery & still got shocked. Was it static electricity
from
> >>> the
> >>> storm?
> >>> Jb
> >>>
> >>> Jb http://www.nabble.com/file/p20422568/DSC01925.jpeg
> >>> http://www.nabble.com/file/p20422568/DSC01927.jpeg
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