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Default OT Vacuum pump maintenance / repair

On Sat, 15 May 2010 20:39:41 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
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Don Foreman wrote:

On Fri, 14 May 2010 02:02:50 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:


jk wrote:

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote:



BS. There are no fish or sharks swimming in Florida's air. OTOH,
ESD isn't a big problem here.

Oh???? Isn't that where one of the nation's top lightning research
centers is?


Woooooooooooooooooosh! ESD isn't lightning.


But lightning is ESD, sure enough. BIG ESD.



How often have you had lighting hit your workbench and leave
lecetronics working, but damaged?


Magnitude notwithstanding, lightning IS an electrostatic discharge.

Joe