But as long as there are no cables connected from the Newt to a ground/earth
the "discharge" current (which is in fact no discharge but a charge
equalisation) will be pretty low compared to a discharge current to ground.
So I am pretty sure that this can not cause any serious damage to your Newt.
Johannes
> -----Original Message-----
> From: newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net
> [mailto:newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net]On Behalf Of doppler
> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 12:36 AM
> To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net; Johannes Wolf
> Subject: Re: [NTLK] newton switch on by itself
>
>
>
> On Mon, 8 Apr 2002 16:31:44 +0200 Johannes Wolf <jwolf_at_xe.estec.esa.nl>
> wrote:
>
> > Second: in order to let a discharge happen to your Newt (and
> especially to
> > the logic board) the charged body needs to have access to any other
> > conductive part. The distance must be small enough (depending
> on the voltage
> > the body is charged to - a few millimeters to 1-2 cm) to let the spark
> > spring. In case of the Newt the spark might go through the
> plastic case but
> > will stop at the inner conductive layer except you have the Newt opened.
>
> well, actually, when you say it, i always have the modem and
> ethernet cards
> plugged in, theyve both have metal contacts that can lead the current :(
>
>
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