Mylar tape on Teres has lots of static.


Is this normal? Is it harmful? How can it be prevented?
Also i hear there is an etched tape that can be made which is better than standard tape. Can someone give me the formula and point me to where the supplies can be bought? Thanks and Happy New Year.
artemus_5

Showing 2 responses by dan_ed

:-) Professional Imbecile here, reporting for duty!

I take my belt off every so often and the static build up makes it hang funny. One zap with the Zerostat and it relaxes. Most of the time I use Doug's trick about holding a carbon fiber brush against the belt while it is turning. That helps and also removes the dust that builds up there. I also use a microfiber cloth in the same manner but held against the edge of the platter. I do this once at the beginning of a listening session.
Personally, I haven't found performance to suffer at all because of mylar belt static other than that caused by excessive dust build up. Perhaps things are a bit different between Teres and Galibier in this respect.