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Anti static foam?

I'm thinking about trying this tweak and am curious how you install it (Elizabeth?). Do you just pack it in your equipment or do you have to put something between the foam and the boards? I don't want to start a fire or short out a circuit. At the low cost of this anti static foam, and with the crazy amounts of static I have here in the cold dry air here in Colorado, I'm thinking that this would be a worthwile thing to do but I just need some instruction on what and what not to do when installing the foam in my components and which components I can do and which ones I shouldn't do. Thanks!
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geoffkait
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This seems like a good time to mention that static has nothing whatsoever to do with RFI. Carry on, smoke if you got 'em.
csontos
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Come on Geoff, this is right up your alley! Don't like the competition, eh?

You can now proceed to educate us on the actual sonic effects of static and subsequently,on it's removal. But especially the tweak to do so. There's gotta be something scary going on in the air.
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swampwalker
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Geoffkait- Elizabeth did not say the the foam's antistatic properties were the reason why it worked. What she actually said was:
The idea of the antistatic foam is to remove the RFI as it is generated, suck it up and ground it to the chassis.
Csontos- The problem w this tweak is that the aliens who pilot the little flying saucers that Geoff sells, are allergic to the foam ;-)
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