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How to turn an old "junk" PC into a nice workstation
Vigo:
Here is the static electricity deal as I know it.
Static electricity is simply caused by friction, aka rubbing of two objects. Things like dust can create a great deal of friction when it is slipping across any component. When you vacuum dust off your computer, the dust will rub and create electrical static as it is being sucked into the vacuum.
A can of air isn't as risky. There still is potential of Static charge, but it is much less, since when you are blowing, a pocket of air is created underneath the dust, and the air acts as a buffer to prevent the friction.
The same act is not created during vacuum suction. The dust will actually be drawn towards the computer as it makes its way into the vacuum.
Does this sound pretty close?
ChadTower:
It's one part of it. Also consider that everything always has some type of charge. So, even if you haven't rubbed your brush up against anything, maybe your wife did when she vacuumed the rug upstairs last week. That brush could be holding a strong (for plastic) static charge that has been sitting there all week.
Same goes for anything, really.
spystyle:
I've never had a problem with static.
I wonder if the humidity makes a difference - maybe someone is Maine would have less trouble than someone in Texas?
ChadTower:
It is probably a factor. There isn't much static in MA either.
Vigo:
Yeah, the more dry the air, the more static.
In WI, static gets really bad each winter, but in the summer it is not very noticable.
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