2. music
  3. 1074800400

A shocking reminder

We are deep in the throes of winter 'round here (Bethesda, MD) and you know what that means - very dry air and tons of static electricity generated by walking across your carpeted floors. Reach out to the volume control on the preamp and ZAP! another blue spark causes a major THUMP thru your speakers.

My solution? Lay an anti-static dryer sheet (Bounce, etc.) on top of the preamp and touch it before anything else - PROBLEM SOLVED.

Try it, it really works...
-RW-
rlwainwright

Showing 1 response by bombaywalla

bombaywalla's avatar
bombaywalla
1,958 posts
 
Another idea is to get some anti-static lotion (as I have. I think you can get it from any engineering lab supply outfit & Markertek.com might also have it). Apply it before listening session & it works great - no blue static arcs!
Agree with the "permanent" fix of setting the humidity level in the 40% range to avoid this problem altogether.
FWIW.
More to discover