http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/20 ... 461751.htm
Man builds up 30,000 volts of static electricity]
Victorian authorities believe a man built up at least 30,000 volts of static electricity in his jacket simply by walking around the western Victorian city of Warrnambool yesterday.
The man left a trail of scorch marks and molten plastic behind him.
It was yesterday afternoon when Frank Clewer walked into a Warrnambool business and got his first shock.
"It sounded almost like a firecracker or something like that," he said.
"It was at the reception area. Within say, around five minutes, the carpet started to erupt," he said.
Burns the size of 10-cent pieces were left on the carpet where Mr Clewer had been standing.
The Country Fire Authority evacuated the building and those around it, fearing the power could cause larger electrical problems.
But Mr Clewer's worries continued when he got back in his car.
"I actually scorched a piece of plastic I had on the floor of the car," he said.
Scientist Karl Kruszelnicki says it is likely the electrical build-up was caused by a number of factors, such as the synthetic clothes the man was wearing.
"This poor guy has built up static electricity thanks to an unfortunate combination of insulating clothes that he's wearing, static, synthetic clothes, just walking along and he's just building up this static charge everywhere," Dr Kruszelnicki said.
"I've read of it but I've never heard of it here in Australia."
The CFA has Mr Clewer's jacket and says it is continuing to give off voltage.
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good evening my friends.
perhaps, no surely, there is a way that an innovation can caputer this energy to help with my design of a moving picture box using rails and a carwash motor. perhaps you can work here to get the thigns going as i don't know the politics and people to talk to being a 30YO american without the connectinos. But rook, and others even, yes, then we can make this happen.
perhaps, no surely, there is a way that an innovation can caputer this energy to help with my design of a moving picture box using rails and a carwash motor. perhaps you can work here to get the thigns going as i don't know the politics and people to talk to being a 30YO american without the connectinos. But rook, and others even, yes, then we can make this happen.
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That cracked me uptnf wrote:good evening my friends.
perhaps, no surely, there is a way that an innovation can caputer this energy to help with my design of a moving picture box using rails and a carwash motor. perhaps you can work here to get the thigns going as i don't know the politics and people to talk to being a 30YO american without the connectinos. But rook, and others even, yes, then we can make this happen.
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perhaps a drink i will have for you. are you also a 30YO American or lonely like me? I wish knowfurry would post mroe. becaus you can't see me naked unless you are her. or a girl.
In America, I am under trente of age years but I am american. Pleas don not be nude for me i am a man! Do you drink mcuh tnf?tnf wrote:well my good friend.Dave wrote:I am relieves to hear of you are good fortunes. This even ing I am well. How am I, er.. you on this, the eve of our destructon?
perhaps a drink i will have for you. are you also a 30YO American or lonely like me? I wish knowfurry would post mroe. becaus you can't see me naked unless you are her. or a girl.
melons.tnf wrote:good evening my friends.
perhaps, no surely, there is a way that an innovation can caputer this energy to help with my design of a moving picture box using rails and a carwash motor. perhaps you can work here to get the thigns going as i don't know the politics and people to talk to being a 30YO american without the connectinos. But rook, and others even, yes, then we can make this happen.
melons.mjrpes wrote:melons.tnf wrote:good evening my friends.
perhaps, no surely, there is a way that an innovation can caputer this energy to help with my design of a moving picture box using rails and a carwash motor. perhaps you can work here to get the thigns going as i don't know the politics and people to talk to being a 30YO american without the connectinos. But rook, and others even, yes, then we can make this happen.