>From Sy Zabrocki =09 Cold weather, hot furnaces, dry air and static electricity. = Theeeeeeeeeeere're Bach . . . ah . . . baaaaaaack. My Sanderson = Accu-Tuner (SAT) is sensititive to static electricity. You all know = about this. When it's dry the slightest movement can cause it to turn = off or on. Plugging in the foot switch can cause the same result. You = might program up for a tuning, then plug in the switch and blink, you = lose your settings. Sometimes the SAT turns on when I open my tool kit. We've all heard how static can disable computer componets. It scares me = each time the SAT statics on and off and yet in seven years it has not = caused damage.=20 We've been told to touch the foot switch plug to the piano plate to = discharge static. Now supposedly it's safe to plug into the SAT. It = seems that for all this to work the SAT would have to be grounded to the = plate. Couldn't there be a charge in the SAT itself which could still = discharge into or out of the switch line? In very dry air, does a charge = build up in the SAT's plastic case just by handling it with our hands?=20 Years I ago I worked with Hammond organs. Grounding all the componets = was important. Here we were dealing with more constant voltages. Just = don't understand static electricity that well. Sy Zabrocki
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