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From: jep@oink.UUCP (James E. Prior)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.general,comp.sys.att,sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Conductive Dust Bunnies
Message-ID: <37@oink.UUCP>
Date: 15 Jun 89 15:40:29 GMT
References: <1989Jun14.042949.597@ivucsb.sba.ca.us>
Reply-To: jep@oink.UUCP (James E. Prior)
Organization: Random Prime Research Institute  Columbus, Ohio
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In article <1989Jun14.042949.597@ivucsb.sba.ca.us> todd@ivucsb.UUCP (Todd Day) writes:
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>Are dust bunnies electrically conductive in ANY way?

Most aren't.  Unless you're in a machine shop with steel wool dust bunnies.
Ordinary dust can be slightly conductive when soggy from humidity.

The biggest problem that dust bunnies cause is merely mechanical blockage
of airflow, which causes circuits to overheat.
-- 
Jim Prior    jep@oink    osu-cis!n8emr!oink!jep    N8KSM