¿ªÔÆÌåÓýRon wrote- ¡ static electricity. *** My last ¡°POOF¡± went like this.. ? I do lunar and minor planet occultations.. Involved is a Video Time Inserter and, in my case, a 32¡± TV (with a tube).. TV is on AC and is powered up.. At a convenient waist high I attach the cables to the back of the time inserter.. Good shielded cables, such as Monster.. I go to the TV and place the time inserter on top, with the cables hanging down across the TV as the video cable needs to be plugged into the front panel jack.. When I go to do that, the hair on my arm feels the static on the TV tube, there is a mini crack of lightning out of the speakers, and the time inserter no longer inserts time.. The static blew up the video titler chip.. POOF.. All because I passed the video cable near the front of the TV.. Now I run the cables around the sides of the TV after I have wiped down the screen to discharge the static.. ? This is an extreme case, but static is static.. Build up enough of it and bad things will happen.. ? Derek ? ? From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rappnron via Groups.Io
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2019 7:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Losmandy_users_io] static electricity shock ? bottom line ...? do I need to and/or how do I ground the mount ? |
