Tim Powell
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Science lesson
Science lesson
Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone
A small refresher for those with diminished memories...
STATIC ELECTRICITY EXPLAINED
Just the other day a friend and I were walking through the Pro shop at a local golf course when he touched the door knob and got shocked by static electricity.
He turns to me and says,” Damn, I wish someone would explain that damned static electricity to me.”
(So I did: and here is my explanation - especially for my non-engineering friends .. .. .)
Static electricity is an imbalance of electric charges within or on the surface of a material. The charge remains until it is able to move away by means of an electric current or electrical discharge. For modeling the effect of static discharge on sensitive electronic devices, a human being is represented as a capacitor of 100 Pico farads, charged to a voltage of 4,000 to 35,000 volts. When the human touches an object, this energy is discharged in less than a microsecond:
Are you still having a little trouble understanding this? If so, the next photo may help.
That is an excellent illustration of static electricity! I hope this explanation has been helpful.
--
Gregory E. Sweet
Acquire Telecom Services, Inc.
520-320-1900 (cell)
www.acquiretelecom.com
Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone
A small refresher for those with diminished memories...
STATIC ELECTRICITY EXPLAINED
Just the other day a friend and I were walking through the Pro shop at a local golf course when he touched the door knob and got shocked by static electricity.
He turns to me and says,” Damn, I wish someone would explain that damned static electricity to me.”
(So I did: and here is my explanation - especially for my non-engineering friends .. .. .)
Static electricity is an imbalance of electric charges within or on the surface of a material. The charge remains until it is able to move away by means of an electric current or electrical discharge. For modeling the effect of static discharge on sensitive electronic devices, a human being is represented as a capacitor of 100 Pico farads, charged to a voltage of 4,000 to 35,000 volts. When the human touches an object, this energy is discharged in less than a microsecond:
Are you still having a little trouble understanding this? If so, the next photo may help.
That is an excellent illustration of static electricity! I hope this explanation has been helpful.
Science lesson
Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone
A small refresher for those with diminished memories...
STATIC ELECTRICITY EXPLAINED
Just the other day a friend and I were walking through the Pro shop at a local golf course when he touched the door knob and got shocked by static electricity.
He turns to me and says,” Damn, I wish someone would explain that damned static electricity to me.”
(So I did: and here is my explanation - especially for my non-engineering friends .. .. .)
Static electricity is an imbalance of electric charges within or on the surface of a material. The charge remains until it is able to move away by means of an electric current or electrical discharge. For modeling the effect of static discharge on sensitive electronic devices, a human being is represented as a capacitor of 100 Pico farads, charged to a voltage of 4,000 to 35,000 volts. When the human touches an object, this energy is discharged in less than a microsecond:
Are you still having a little trouble understanding this? If so, the next photo may help.
That is an excellent illustration of static electricity! I hope this explanation has been helpful.
--
Gregory E. Sweet
Acquire Telecom Services, Inc.
520-320-1900 (cell)
www.acquiretelecom.com
Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone
A small refresher for those with diminished memories...
STATIC ELECTRICITY EXPLAINED
Just the other day a friend and I were walking through the Pro shop at a local golf course when he touched the door knob and got shocked by static electricity.
He turns to me and says,” Damn, I wish someone would explain that damned static electricity to me.”
(So I did: and here is my explanation - especially for my non-engineering friends .. .. .)
Static electricity is an imbalance of electric charges within or on the surface of a material. The charge remains until it is able to move away by means of an electric current or electrical discharge. For modeling the effect of static discharge on sensitive electronic devices, a human being is represented as a capacitor of 100 Pico farads, charged to a voltage of 4,000 to 35,000 volts. When the human touches an object, this energy is discharged in less than a microsecond:
Are you still having a little trouble understanding this? If so, the next photo may help.
That is an excellent illustration of static electricity! I hope this explanation has been helpful.
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