Keeping cables off the floor

As Kitch29 states PVC is very susceptible to static charge and if you use uPVC pipe it is very important to ensure a good ground plane is incorporated. This is what we did with our own project. Not ensuring good grounding just defeats the whole idea. Part of the purpose of suspending cables in the first place involves the reduction of static charges anyway and this is why a lot of people notice a difference once they move their cables away from potential static generators such as carpets manufactured from synthetic fibers. Jack Bybee is the guy you want to ask about sub-atomic particles and their interaction. Regards, Richard.

David: "Arch" balls meaning used in the same manner as crown molding in a room (for example I installed plaster cherubs in the uppermost corners of the main bedroom in this application). I just don't know if they should be reflective (plastic or plaster) or if they should absord the sound energy (styrofoam, or if painted would probably have both qualities). Styrofoam balls are easy to obtain at any art store or god forbid craft shop (seeing middle aged women running around in sweaters/sweatshirts with 3D "bears" on the front drives me a little nuts, my mother has one as well).

I got a cheap one for all of you.
Go get water pipe insulation tubes. Its cheap and looks good plus keeps them up off the floor & seperated.

Interesting stuff; I'm auditioning some cables that a guy out in OR is making. He uses cotton as insulation. He's a science guru, and he says that the problem with laying cables on the floor stems from the fact that the cable insulation (teflon etc.) is synthetic. The carpet in many (most) homes is also synthetic, which is where he says the problems stem. His proof of this is that if I'm wearing cotton, and slide myself across the synthetic carpet, I won't produce static electricity. Therefore, he claims that his cables can safely lay on the floor. It sounds like a lot of people are using plastic or some other synthetic product to elevate their cables. Does what he's saying make sense? I'm not a science guru, so I'm at the mercy of others. My system rests on a large wool rug, so by his theory I could lay synthetically insulated cables on it also. It seems to me, that if cotton is such great insulator, why isn't anyone else using it?