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Unread 10-03-2009, 21:33
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Re: possible solution to the static problem
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Originally Posted by EricVanWyk View Post
Thats how I read it.

Chain attached to frame only = good.
Static wicks attached to control electronics AND frame = bad.

Still better to ask the specific question of "Wicks attached to frame only = good?"
Teenager: Dad, May I use the car?

Teenager: And may I have the $20 bill on the kitchen counter?

Dad: No and No.

Where I come from this means NO, you cannot use the car and NO, you cannot have the 20 bucks. It does not mean the $20 is yours but you can't use the car.

I am not arguing the GDC's intent. I certainlyl have no way of knowing their intent other than by the words they write. I am just pointing out that words have meaning. There is no reasonable engineering basis I can think of why a beaded chain would be allowed and a static wick prohibited just like there is no way under the rules of English to read No and No to mean No and Yes.

It's far less effort to just buy the brass chain. Anyway, the GDC seems to have determined that there are no actual static problem that a spray bottle won't solve.