Questions tagged [static-electricity]
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Can air itself be theoretically considered as a (very poor) wireless ESD grounding strap?
There are many kinds of questionable ESD wriststraps available which
claim to provide ESD protection "wirelessly". When asked about how
exactly they work, they cite dubious claims about ...
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DHT22 Sensor fails in dry environment
I'm wondering if anyone has any insight into a problem I'm experiencing with a DHT22 sensor. I'm using it try and take reading from within a Filament Dry Box for 3D printing, meaning I've added silica ...
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Can a battery be used as a ground to protect yourself from static electricty? [closed]
There are bracelets for protection from static electricity, but you have to touch it to ground to discharge. Can we use a battery (like watch batteries) on this bracelet?
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Spark between hand and laptop [closed]
When we walk in one of our office rooms, our body gets static electricity. When we touch a metal object such as a window or the body of a laptop, the tips of our fingers spark due to the discharge of ...
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Can you charge a capacitor merely with static electricity where charges don't move? [duplicate]
I have gone through the following links, but they all talk about moving charges in some sense:
Charge capacitor with static electricity ,
How to charge a capacitor with static electricity? ,
Can a ...
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Li-ion battery charging circuit issue
I have added a Li-ion battery charging circuit to my project for powering up the whole circuit by taking reference from this site.
The issue I am facing here is maybe related to static charges.
When I ...
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Darlington triplet - static electricity detector?
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
I built this circuit. Different versions of this exist on the internet, some using an MPF-102 JFET instead of the 3 NPNs. The various ...
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Artificial grounds to remove static electricity on a metal frame?
I am a vex robotics student. Our team has an issue where ports on our robot core stop working due to static electricity buildup on the metal frame around the motors. Is it possible to make an ...
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Can a battery electric vehicle be driven through a dust storm? [closed]
I would like to know if a battery electric vehicle such as a Tesla Model 3 automobile can be driven through a dust storm.
Back during the Dust Bowl days of the 1930s, driving through a dust storm ...
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Can a static shock to a motherboard damage a hard drive that is connected? [closed]
Hypothetically, could the shock spread through the board and follow the wires and damage a hard drive?
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Implications and cause for static discharge
For months, I've had a potential buildup culminating in static discharge when touching the chassis of my macbook pro at ONE location. No source could be identified (no ground leakage – I checked with ...
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Could static electricity from trading card binder pages damage SMD components?
I bought a trading card binder to hold SMD components. I chose it because its card-sized sleeves can hold more than just tape strips and also it has a zipper. However my concern is that the clear ...
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Can you get an electric shock from a UPS output? If yes then can it be fatal?
I have an UPS of 800 watts which means its output is about 800 watt.
I am installing a current leakage breaker to my main supply so that if I accidentally touch any things which produce current my ...
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Can USB head cause a spark?
I made a USB port in a gas detector prototype. I plan to keep a USB cable attached to that USB port forever. I silicone conformal coated the USB port pins on the PCB.
Can the USB head of the cable ...
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Questions about static electricity
I'm watching LTT's new video with Electroboom where they shock RAM with an ESD gun. In some occasions, they do it without grounding the RAM stick. Doesn't the current have to go back to the source? I ...
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