[BC] Any other staticides?

[Robert Reymont]

static issues can easily be fixed....  this comes from someone who 
lives in a very dry climate where static electricity is always 
present....   If you take a mild solution of fabric softener and 
water, and spray the carpets once a month, the static will go 
away...  its very cheap and easy..

Robert

At 01:17 PM 11/15/2005 -0600, you wrote:
>When I was at Mutual Broadcasting, we had the same problem with 
>static in Master Control.  We had antistatic mats where the Master 
>Control operators sat, while this helped there was still a lot of 
>static in the rest of master control.  We finally installed a large 
>humidifier that hung on the wall and was connected to water and 
>sewer lines.  It was basically a steam boiler that sent its output 
>directly into an air stream.  The water in the DC area is very hard, 
>but the humidifer would stop and flush itself down the drain every 
>day or so.  Even so, every year I would have to take the thing apart 
>and clean out the boiler to get all the minerals out of it.  The 
>Master Control was so large that the humidifer ran all the time (it 
>was a room that was roughly 30 by 40 feet).
>                                      Fee Lee
>SHAFFER, RANDY L writes:
>>For some reason about three years ago we started noticing an 
>>increasing number of tape "hits". We finally determined due to the 
>>dry air in the winter months, there was a slight static discharge 
>>coming from the tape or the tape head which looked like a "hit" or 
>>dropout on the tape. It seemed silly at the time, but we installed 
>>a console room humidifier in MCR and the problem was greatly 
>>reduced. It is the operators job at the start of the shift to make 
>>sure the containers are filled. That seemed to solve the problem. 
>>If I start seeing dropouts, it is nearly always due to someone 
>>letting the humidifer go dry. Some people didn't think that a 
>>console unit would be large enough for such a large room, but it 
>>seems to be enough to work.
>>I plan to add a second unit on the other side of the control room 
>>this year so that there is always one operating.
>>We still have a problem with a certain director who wears a 
>>synthetic jacket and then discharges himself on the switcher. He 
>>claims he never had that problem at ESPN and wants us to install a 
>>mat discharge system for people to walk on when entering the 
>>control booth. I can't figure out how that would work if you are 
>>walking on it with sneakers or shoes. I'll have to do more research.
>>Randy Shaffer
>>WLYH-TV/WHP-TV
>>Harrisburg, PA 17110
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