Invisible wrote:
> scott wrote:
...
>>> The part I can't figure out is... how is the monitor electrically 
>>> connected to the metal beam on the underside of my desk? (The desk 
>>> itself is wood. And the monitor housing is plastic.) So how the hell 
>>> did the charge get into the LCD??
>>
>> Charge doesn't only go through conductors, one of the tests we do is 
>> to apply a discharge to the plastic casing of the display and to the 
>> front surface (which is definitely not a conductor), it makes its way 
>> fine to the electronics :-)
> 
> o_O
> 
> I guess if you apply a few thousand volts to something, life finds a way...

"Lec 1 | MIT 8.02 Electricity and Magnetism, Spring 2002"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3omwHv3Cmog&feature=PlayList&p=C2CEECFD938FD494&index=1

-- 
Tor Olav
http://subcube.com

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