Reminds me of the time I did some radio work on four RCL cruise ships.
They each had a very impressive instrument panel in the engine room. On
every one of those panels was rigged up a simple plumb-bob on a three
foot string. I guess the engineers didn't put a lot of faith in the guages!

"Alan Horowitz" wrote in message
. com...
| situation is a plastic meter cover, on a large process control board,
| onboard a tanker ship, deployed. The meter movement underneath
| experiences wild meter-swings, associated with finger contact,
| presumed to be due to static electricity.



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Joe Leikhim K4SAT


"Jazz is not dead. It just smells funny." -F.Z.