4 Dec
1998
4 Dec
'98
11:31 a.m.
Athanasios Kotsenos wrote:
It's a "fabric softener". It leaves a chemical residue after the rinse
that tends to reduce static electricity formation after the clothing is
dried. As anyone who has dried clothing of dissimilar fabrics is
familiar with the socks sticking to the shirts.
There is carpeting manufactured that contains conductive threads. It
was standard at all of the Radio Shack Computer Centers in the States,
probably the regular Radio Shack stores as well. I was more likely to
generate a spark walking across the linoleum in the repair shop than
in the carpeted showroom.
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There are a few things you can do to minimize
static. First you can either buy
an anti-stat spray or get a bottle of Downy and dilute it as recommended, then
spray a mist over the carpet and let it dry.
Is Downy a detergent for sensitive clothes (the name is familiar)? Or is it
specifically for this purpose? You can also run bare wire under
the carpet (if possible) and then terminate it to a cold water pipe or other
building ground. It tends to neutralize the potentials and will at least
minimze
the chance of buildup.
Well, this room has a raised floor under which power and network cables
run. The floor is wooden with the thin carpet on top. At various points you
have these metal 'holes' where the sockets/plugs are located. In fact the
covers are metallic and have carpet on them too and it was intereting when
I noticed that they have a little grounding wire connecting them to the
rest of the metallic frame. That's obviously for keeping static off that
bit, but it doesn't seem to be doing any good for the rest of the carpet.