In a message dated 25/03/99 02:31:57 Greenwich Standard Time,
hlindsay@NMSU.Edu writes:
<< I was VERY surprised at the size of the arc that I drew to the key, and was
glad that the source of the grounding was not the lip of a container of fuel!
>>
At filling stations I would guess that the hose is just partly conducting, say
a few 100k to a meg. to bleed off charge.
Around here there are no visible earthing wires in them, which would as you
say, deliver the spark in just the wrong place.
Graham C.
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