OT mostly, but not totally

Leon · 2009-01-23T01:02:18+00:00

Ok, I used my dust collector today. but in a different way.For about 14 years I have bee procrastinating over the purchase of one of those ceiling fan wands that are electrostatically charged and collect the dust off of the fan blades. We have 5 ceiling fans and I finally gave in and picked one up, I was tired of waving the vacuum wand around up there.I approach the first fan and successfully cleaned all five blades with out mishap if you don't count me gagging at the sight of what I had collected with that wand. So dirty was the fluffy end of the wand that I decided to clean the thing. Didn't want to wet it down and make mud and didn't want to shake it in the wind or else the EPA would probably be paying me a visit. Probably too quickly I thought, stick it in the DC hose and let the collector suck it clean. WOW that worked better than I expected and I managed to not let go of the fluffy wand during the procedure.I approach ceiling fan number 2 with a big smile on my face and go to wiping down the 5 blades. ;~((( Euwwwwwwww, there was tons of stuff coming down on me like I was in a dust storm. I looked down at the floor and began to gag again.... I'll have words with my son about how clean he keeps his room tonight.Same results with fans number 3,4, and 5. Oddly the fluffy electrostaticly charged wand is sill clean as a whistle. Basically, the wand up and "quit".Ok, I bet most of you can see where this is going. My dust collector is so powerful that it sucked away all the fluffy wand's electronic attractiveness.My question, how do I reenergize, the electrostatic charge in my fluffy wand? Perhaps start the dust collector and caress the out side of the hose with the fluffy wand? ;~)Seriously, how do you get that static attraction back?

Jan 23, 2009 21 Replies

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Stuart 17 years ago

Remember those ioniser things that were fashionable some time back, supposed to fill the room with negative ions and make it healthier, try connecting it to one of those and see what happens or build yourself a whimshurst machine

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