“Invisible Electrostatic Wall” at 3M adhesive tape plant (1996)

Re:“Invisible Electrostatic Wall” at 3M adhesive tape plant ... by viraptor on Saturday February 03, 2018 @06:39PM (#16300348)

> An Australian man built up a 40,000-volt charge of static electricity in his clothes as he walked, leaving a trail of scorched carpet and molten plastic and forcing firefighters to evacuate a building.

https://forums.firehouse.com/forum/firefighting/firefighters...

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Re:“Invisible Electrostatic Wall” at 3M adhesive tape plant ... by Hello71 on Saturday February 03, 2018 @07:19PM (#16300496)

https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Australian_man_allegedly_ignite...

> Several unanswered objections mark the story as a possible hoax:

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Re:“Invisible Electrostatic Wall” at 3M adhesive tape plant ... by 8bitsrule on Saturday February 03, 2018 @07:49PM (#16300596)

1. In winter, take any decent house anywhere with a severe winter climate.

2. Wait until it's -30F outside, open the doors to let that dry air in. Close the doors.

3. Heat the interior to +70F to make --extremely-- dry air.

4. Shuffle across the plastic carpet in leather-soled shoes.

5. Do NOT touch the metal door knobs.

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Re:“Invisible Electrostatic Wall” at 3M adhesive tape plant ... by IntronExon on Saturday February 03, 2018 @08:18PM (#16300689)

Without meaning to, and without any of that I still managed to destroy a set of dimmer switches with a static shock from my finger, in winter. Boy did I feel stupid.

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Re:“Invisible Electrostatic Wall” at 3M adhesive tape plant ... by digi_owl on Saturday February 03, 2018 @07:16PM (#16300485)

The fuck?

Like i didn't already have a reason for insisting on natural fibers.

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