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[Grenadier1758]

I know, @Whitworth, you were doing a bit of funning around, but April 1 is still a couple of weeks off. But there is a lot of misconception about static electricity dangers being associated with black powder. I believe there have been demonstrations with static electricity setting off dust clouds of black powder. I would have to actually see the parameters of the experiment/demonstration.

 

[Dillon W.]

Just gonna put this right here

 

[deerstalkert]

i want one!

 

[Woody Morgan]

I know, @Whitworth, you were doing a bit of funning around, but April 1 is still a couple of weeks off. But there is a lot of misconception about static electricity dangers being associated with black powder. I believe there have been demonstrations with static electricity setting off dust clouds of black powder. I would have to actually see the parameters of the experiment/demonstration.

Fluff up a grain silo and hit a spark.

wm

 

[Grenadier1758]

I know, @Whitworth, you were doing a bit of funning around, but April 1 is still a couple of weeks off. But there is a lot of misconception about static electricity dangers being associated with black powder. I believe there have been demonstrations with static electricity setting off dust clouds of black powder. I would have to actually see the parameters of the experiment/demonstration.

@Woody Morgan, the atmosphere of the dust cloud in a grain silo is similar to a dust cloud of black powder and when highly inflammable particles such as dust in a grain silo or dust generated are ignited by a spark it is often unclear if the spark was generated by static electricity or a spark generated by something hard striking hardened steel. Static electricity may have enough heat to ignite a near aerosol mixture of highly inflammable material, dust in a grain silo, black powder ground to an aerosol dust floating in air, or a gas burner or propane lighter ignited by a piezoelectric spark. The large sized particle of even 3fg black powder is very difficult to ignite with static electricity. Still it is prudent to prevent sparks around black powder unless you are using the sparks from your flint striking the steel of a frizzen to ignite a pan of black powder.

 

[Zonie]

Some of our members have made posts in this thread that are against the Muzzleloading Forum's rules so I removed them.
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