5 Dec
1998
5 Dec
'98
9:05 a.m.
On Sat, 5 Dec 1998, Ward Donald Griffiths III wrote:
Russ Blakeman wrote:
Not really, since the primary purpose is to drain any static charge prior
to rigging out the tank filler hose and having a spark at the tank filler
pipe.
- don
Eric Smith wrote:
Yes, throwing sparks does sort of defeat the purpose. Never saw one
do that, admittedly the only place I ever paid attention was the
flight-line back when I did airplanes for a living. Christian Fandt <cfandt(a)netsync.net>
wrote:
It's not since there shouldn't be sparks as the chain or strap is
supposed to be non-ferrous, ie brass or copper. Sure it wears out but no
sparks. Just a good ground to earth to drain the buildup from the frame. You've probably seen fuel tanker trucks with
a metal chain
dragging. It too was used as a static drain for obvious reasons ;)
I only noticed one of these for the first time about a month ago. I
was wondering why they were dragging a chain; it was throwing lots of
sparks. Didn't seem like a great idea to me, but what do I know? Ward Griffiths <mailto:gram@cnct.com>
<http://www.cnct.com/home/gram/>
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