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   On 2024-01-09, Charlie Gibbs  wrote:   
   > On 2024-01-09, 57r.1283 <57r.1283@etq5.net> wrote:   
   >   
   >>    Apparently you live in a VERY dry area - always a prob   
   >>    for electronics. Hell, lived in a US western town high   
   >>    in the mountains for awhile. In the winter you could   
   >>    easily draw a 4-inch spark off a door-knob just by   
   >>    walking across a carpet first. Guess that's about a   
   >>    200,000 volts or so. Actually HURT ! You learned to   
   >>    lead with a knuckle ....   
   >   
   > I would tightly grip a key and draw the spark off it.   
      
   Or, if you can find an old pen body with a metal upper half and a   
   plastic lower half, put a NE2 neon light bulb poking out of the   
   top end.  Connect one side of the bulb to the metal upper body   
   half.  Through a current-limiting series resistor, connect the   
   other end to a metal protrusion from the tip of the pen.  If I   
   remember correctly, under the right conditions the charge will   
   run the bulb for a couple of seconds.  (It was ~50 years ago when   
   I did that.)   
      
   In a pinch, a ring or metal watchband can also do the job.   
      
   HTH   
      
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   Robert Riches   
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   (Yes, that is one of my email addresses.)   
      
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