On 29-Mar-2006, Mark & Juanita wrote:

If your dust collector can generate a
static spark with equivalent energy to a lightning bolt, some wimpy little
wire wrapped around the pipe isn't going to help you anyway.

But that wimpy little wire will bleed off the charge before it can get as big as
a lightning discharge.

While I doubt that an explosion in a home DC will occur - how about a fire?
The only difference between a fire and an explosion is the rate of combustion.

Mike