[Rhodes22-list] Welcome back Rummy

[Peter Thorn]

Rummy,

It's good to have you back on the list.  Welcome back!

PT



----- Original Message -----
From: "John Tonjes" <robertbovee at hotmail.com>
To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 6:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Computer email advice to Eric


> Roger,
> The static electricity buidls up on the boat and when she reaches over the
> railing (bare skin) touching the railing and the outboard, she completes
the
> circuit. Trust me, it gets your attention on the bare skin of a large
belly
> like mine. I don't have an explanation for all the science behind it, but
I
> know this is the case. A quick check withn a volt meter will answerr the
> question. A reading of 12 volts will indicate a battery system short, as
you
> have thought it was. Anything different will be a static build up.
>
> Rummy....glad to be home again. Home, where the ice is free and the rum
> plentiful.
>
>
> >From: "Roger Pihlaja" <cen09402 at centurytel.net>
> >Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Computer email advice to Eric
> >Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 16:04:40 -0400
> >
> >Rummy,
> >
> >First of all, welcome back to the list!
> >
> >I've never experienced the sort of static electricity build-up you
> >describe,
> >so I will bow to your experience in this area.  But, why would the
outboard
> >engine housing on Carol's boat be giving her a shock under these
> >conditions,
> >especially if the motor was electrically disconnected from the boat's
> >electrical system?
> >
> >Roger Pihlaja
> >S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "John Tonjes" <robertbovee at hotmail.com>
> >To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 11:24 AM
> >Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Computer email advice to Eric
> >
> >
> > > Ed,
> > > Yes, I signed back up on the list yesterday. "Robert Eric Bovee" is
> >actually
> > > my birth name and is a pen name I use for writing infrequent technical
> > > articles for two different trade magazines (roofing, very boring
stuff).
> > > I was adopted at a young age.
> > > Roger,
> > > I am not the first to experience the static charge shocking. Alex Bell
> > > suffered the same thing while they were still living in Colorado. I
had
> > > totally disconnected all electrical devices and still maintained a 26
> >volt
> > > reading. An easy fix would be to ground the rigging with a small, thin
> > > copper wire overboard. I'm sure others have experienced the pinching
> > > fealing, shock, but didn't know what it was.
> > >
> > > Rummy (for real)
> > >
> > >
> > > >From: "ed kroposki" <ekroposki at charter.net>
> > > >Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > > >To: "'The Rhodes 22 mail list'" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > > >Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Computer email advice to Eric
> > > >Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 07:57:06 -0400
> > > >
> > > >Michael:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >What do you mean?  "You might want to ask the sysadmin to give your
> >mail
> > > >program a turn up."  Conduct a class please with intricate details.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Have you noticed that Rummy snuck back on the list?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Ed K
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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