I don't have the boxes for these anymore. What I'm worried about is static electricity and removing it when they get unpacked and booted up. I don't have any anti static material and time is short to remedy that. Any advice for packing, unpacking, ect.
Ground yourself well before and when packing; do the same before and when unpacking. That's all I've ever done and not had a failure yet. YMMV of course... -- Sue Morton "kitekrazy" <> wrote in message news:i10jlo$kcn$-september.org... > I don't have the boxes for these anymore. What I'm worried about is > static electricity and removing it when they get unpacked and booted > up. > > I don't have any anti static material and time is short to remedy > that. > > Any advice for packing, unpacking, ect.
On 7/6/2010 10:16 PM, Sue Morton wrote: > Ground yourself well before and when packing; do the same before and > when unpacking. > How do I do that? > That's all I've ever done and not had a failure yet. YMMV of course...
In news:i10s3s$pj6$-september.org the killer robot kitekrazy <> grabbed the controls of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... >> Ground yourself well before and when packing; do the same before and >> when unpacking. >> > > How do I do that? Drive a six foot solid copper stake into the ground outside your house, attach a length of 6 gauge braided cable to the stake and feed it into the house. Hold the other end of the cable in your mouth while un-packing your electronic gear!!! <G> -- Remove YourHeadFromYourAss to Reply by email ________ __ / ____/ /__ ____ ____ / /_ ____ / / __/ / _ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \ / /_/ / / __/ / / / / / / /_/ / /_/ / \____/_/\___/_/ /_/_/ /_/_.___/\____/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Glennbo http://www.soundclick.com/glennbo Non-Linear Sound http://www.soundclick.com/jambits Hear My Music http://www.soundclick.com/ThePseudonyms
kitekrazy wrote: > I don't have the boxes for these anymore. What I'm worried about is > static electricity and removing it when they get unpacked and booted > up. > > I don't have any anti static material and time is short to remedy > that. > > Any advice for packing, unpacking, ect. Buy boxes from U-Haul center. Use newspaper for packing. Take each separate page and crumble. Works GREAT! I've moved more times than I can remember - military. -- Cheers, Ben
On 7/7/2010 7:48 AM, Benjamin Goldman wrote: > kitekrazy wrote: > >> I don't have the boxes for these anymore. What I'm worried about is >> static electricity and removing it when they get unpacked and booted >> up. >> >> I don't have any anti static material and time is short to remedy >> that. >> >> Any advice for packing, unpacking, ect. > > Buy boxes from U-Haul center. Use newspaper for packing. Take each > separate page and crumble. Works GREAT! > > I've moved more times than I can remember - military. > I got boxes and material from the local computer guy. Boxes from tech manufacturers are excellent. I was hoping he would have sold a mid tower case so I can put one of my DAWs in that. I've got bubble wrap and Styrofoam.
On 7/6/2010 8:01 PM, kitekrazy wrote: > I don't have the boxes for these anymore. What I'm worried about is > static electricity and removing it when they get unpacked and booted up. > > I don't have any anti static material and time is short to remedy that. > > Any advice for packing, unpacking, ect. In almost 30 years I have never, ever known anyone to lose any electronic component to static electricity. Ever. Lightning, yes, plenty of times. But not static discharge. Just box it up and go.
The killer robot "Gary R. Hook" <> grabbed the controls of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... > In almost 30 years I have never, ever known anyone to lose any > electronic component to static electricity. Ever. Lightning, > yes, plenty of times. But not static discharge. My wife fried the front panel controls on our 300 disk Pioneer CD changer, by sparking on it while just trying to hit play. That unit now only works via the remote control. It happened in the middle of Winter when static build up is high though, and I wouldn't expect you could generate much if any static electricity in the middle of Summer, even if you tried. -- Remove YourHeadFromYourAss to Reply by email ________ __ / ____/ /__ ____ ____ / /_ ____ / / __/ / _ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \ / /_/ / / __/ / / / / / / /_/ / /_/ / \____/_/\___/_/ /_/_/ /_/_.___/\____/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Glennbo http://www.soundclick.com/glennbo Non-Linear Sound http://www.soundclick.com/jambits Hear My Music http://www.soundclick.com/ThePseudonyms
On 7/7/2010 2:28 PM, Glennbo wrote: > The killer robot "Gary R. Hook"<> grabbed the controls > of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... > >> In almost 30 years I have never, ever known anyone to lose any >> electronic component to static electricity. Ever. Lightning, >> yes, plenty of times. But not static discharge. > > My wife fried the front panel controls on our 300 disk Pioneer CD changer, > by sparking on it while just trying to hit play. That unit now only works > via the remote control. It happened in the middle of Winter when static > build up is high though, and I wouldn't expect you could generate much if > any static electricity in the middle of Summer, even if you tried. > Well I am moving to where the humidity is maybe 4% at the most.
In news:i130l5$hqn$-september.org the killer robot kitekrazy <> grabbed the controls of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... >>> In almost 30 years I have never, ever known anyone to lose any >>> electronic component to static electricity. Ever. Lightning, >>> yes, plenty of times. But not static discharge. >> >> My wife fried the front panel controls on our 300 disk Pioneer CD >> changer, by sparking on it while just trying to hit play. That unit >> now only works via the remote control. It happened in the middle of >> Winter when static build up is high though, and I wouldn't expect you >> could generate much if any static electricity in the middle of >> Summer, even if you tried. >> > > Well I am moving to where the humidity is maybe 4% at the most. Well the acid test is to scruff your shoes on the carpet a bit and then touch a screw on a light switch. If that don't spark, you got nothing to worry about. -- Remove YourHeadFromYourAss to Reply by email ________ __ / ____/ /__ ____ ____ / /_ ____ / / __/ / _ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \ / /_/ / / __/ / / / / / / /_/ / /_/ / \____/_/\___/_/ /_/_/ /_/_.___/\____/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Glennbo http://www.soundclick.com/glennbo Non-Linear Sound http://www.soundclick.com/jambits Hear My Music http://www.soundclick.com/ThePseudonyms
kitekrazy wrote: > On 7/7/2010 7:48 AM, Benjamin Goldman wrote: > > kitekrazy wrote: > > > > > I don't have the boxes for these anymore. What I'm worried about > > > is static electricity and removing it when they get unpacked and > > > booted up. > > > > >> I don't have any anti static material and time is short to remedy > > > that. > > > > >> Any advice for packing, unpacking, ect. > > > > Buy boxes from U-Haul center. Use newspaper for packing. Take each > > separate page and crumble. Works GREAT! > > > > I've moved more times than I can remember - military. > > > > I got boxes and material from the local computer guy. Boxes from tech > manufacturers are excellent. I was hoping he would have sold a mid > tower case so I can put one of my DAWs in that. > > I've got bubble wrap and Styrofoam. NIX ON THE STYROFOAM FOR COMPUTER GEAR. Static trouble. It's very ungreen and rotten to the environment. We find newspaper far cheaper, greener, and static free. -- Cheers, Ben
Gary R. Hook wrote: > On 7/6/2010 8:01 PM, kitekrazy wrote: > > I don't have the boxes for these anymore. What I'm worried about is > > static electricity and removing it when they get unpacked and > > booted up. > > > > I don't have any anti static material and time is short to remedy > > that. > > > > Any advice for packing, unpacking, ect. > > In almost 30 years I have never, ever known anyone to lose any > electronic component to static electricity. Ever. Lightning, > yes, plenty of times. But not static discharge. > > Just box it up and go. My personal experience: From shipping, not as much. (I shipped componants by FedEx daily.) Static discharge damage by touching - several times!!! Heard it, felt it. They popped out of service IMMEDIATELY. -- Cheers, Ben
Glennbo wrote: > The killer robot "Gary R. Hook" <> grabbed the > controls of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... > > > In almost 30 years I have never, ever known anyone to lose any > > electronic component to static electricity. Ever. Lightning, > > yes, plenty of times. But not static discharge. > > My wife fried the front panel controls on our 300 disk Pioneer CD > changer, by sparking on it while just trying to hit play. That unit > now only works via the remote control. It happened in the middle of > Winter when static build up is high though, and I wouldn't expect you > could generate much if any static electricity in the middle of > Summer, even if you tried. You don't have as many free ions floating around in summer - true. Jostling around inside a pool of styrofoam peanuts is another, very different situation. -- Cheers, Ben
Glennbo wrote: > In news:i130l5$hqn$-september.org the killer robot > kitekrazy <> grabbed the controls of the > spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... > > >>> In almost 30 years I have never, ever known anyone to lose any > >>> electronic component to static electricity. Ever. Lightning, > >>> yes, plenty of times. But not static discharge. > > > > >> My wife fried the front panel controls on our 300 disk Pioneer CD > >> changer, by sparking on it while just trying to hit play. That > unit >> now only works via the remote control. It happened in the > middle of >> Winter when static build up is high though, and I > wouldn't expect you >> could generate much if any static electricity > in the middle of >> Summer, even if you tried. > > > > > > > Well I am moving to where the humidity is maybe 4% at the most. > > Well the acid test is to scruff your shoes on the carpet a bit and > then touch a screw on a light switch. If that don't spark, you got > nothing to worry about. Then crumpled paper is your best bet. I would NEVER waste my money on those synthetic, rip-off, shipping materials. When the corporation you work for uses it - that's their stupid problem. ;-) -- Cheers, Ben
In news: the killer robot "Benjamin Goldman" <> grabbed the controls of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... > You don't have as many free ions floating around in summer - true. I have a few eons though! -- Remove YourHeadFromYourAss to Reply by email ________ __ / ____/ /__ ____ ____ / /_ ____ / / __/ / _ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \ / /_/ / / __/ / / / / / / /_/ / /_/ / \____/_/\___/_/ /_/_/ /_/_.___/\____/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Glennbo http://www.soundclick.com/glennbo Non-Linear Sound http://www.soundclick.com/jambits Hear My Music http://www.soundclick.com/ThePseudonyms
Glennbo wrote: > In news: the > killer robot "Benjamin Goldman" <> > grabbed the controls of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed > these buttons... > > > You don't have as many free ions floating around in summer - true. > > I have a few eons though! Neons look cool in black light. -- Cheers, Ben
In news: the killer robot "Benjamin Goldman" <> grabbed the controls of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... >> > You don't have as many free ions floating around in summer - true. >> >> I have a few eons though! > > Neons look cool in black light. I sold my black Neon, eons ago!!! -- Remove YourHeadFromYourAss to Reply by email ________ __ / ____/ /__ ____ ____ / /_ ____ / / __/ / _ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \ / /_/ / / __/ / / / / / / /_/ / /_/ / \____/_/\___/_/ /_/_/ /_/_.___/\____/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Glennbo http://www.soundclick.com/glennbo Non-Linear Sound http://www.soundclick.com/jambits Hear My Music http://www.soundclick.com/ThePseudonyms
Glennbo wrote: > In news: the killer > robot "Benjamin Goldman" <> grabbed > the controls of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these > buttons... > > >> > You don't have as many free ions floating around in summer - > true. >> > >> I have a few eons though! > > > > Neons look cool in black light. > > I sold my black Neon, eons ago!!! You finally saw the light and got rid of it? -- Cheers, Ben
In news: the killer robot "Benjamin Goldman" <> grabbed the controls of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... >> >> > You don't have as many free ions floating around in summer - >> true. >> >> >> I have a few eons though! >> > >> > Neons look cool in black light. >> >> I sold my black Neon, eons ago!!! > > You finally saw the light and got rid of it? The lights still work, but half the electronic dash went out in it, so there's no gas guage or speedometer. The guy that bought it from me to use as a lake car put a GPS system in it so he could tell how fast he was driving. American made cars. Built to las^H^H^H fall apart! -- Remove YourHeadFromYourAss to Reply by email ________ __ / ____/ /__ ____ ____ / /_ ____ / / __/ / _ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \ / /_/ / / __/ / / / / / / /_/ / /_/ / \____/_/\___/_/ /_/_/ /_/_.___/\____/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Glennbo http://www.soundclick.com/glennbo Non-Linear Sound http://www.soundclick.com/jambits Hear My Music http://www.soundclick.com/ThePseudonyms
Glennbo wrote: > In news: the > killer robot "Benjamin Goldman" <> > grabbed the controls of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed > these buttons... > > >> >> > You don't have as many free ions floating around in summer - > >> true. >> > >> >> I have a few eons though! > >> > > >> > Neons look cool in black light. > >> > >> I sold my black Neon, eons ago!!! > > > > You finally saw the light and got rid of it? > > The lights still work, but half the electronic dash went out in it, > so there's no gas guage or speedometer. The guy that bought it from > me to use as a lake car put a GPS system in it so he could tell how > fast he was driving. American made cars. Built to las^H^H^H fall > apart! Unless it's a Ford; built tough. -- Cheers, Ben
