[A/S] Re: Panic

["Lonnie Whelan" <n9iui@xxxxxxxxx>]

> So is there anything to this grounding thing?  > 

I've never seen the thing on that website before, but I remember back 
in the 1960's the gasoline and oil trucks all had a length of chain 
bolted to the differential housing. It was just long enough to barely 
drag the ground to disipate static (static is a bad thing to have on a 
rolling molotov cocktail). I seem to remember that they had a 
conductive strap for the same purpose. I can see it being helpful if a 
particular vehicle has a static problem. I think I'd fasten it farther 
under the car though; it looks pretty wierd on the back bumper in 
plain site.


> Are those stringy things that are on the back of some 
> motorhomes for grounding?  They look like shredded mud 
> flaps all the way accross the back of the motorhome.  I've 
> always wondered what they were for because they don't look 
> like they would be very effective in stopping anything.

Dave, the fringe is to protect the front of the "Toad" (the car 
sometimes pulled behind a motorhome) from rocks and debris.

Lonnie