John,

Static electricity is very common during the winter months when your indoor humidity can be very low, if you live in the colder parts of the world, 
unless you add humidity to your indoor air.  It is especially important to be more careful with static electricity around your equipment during this 
period.

Howard #3

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Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2013 5:55 PM
Subject: Re: New Vgs-1 chip installed and working


> You'd be surprised how far away lightning can disturb things like that
> though, it can be so far away you don't hear it and still get it. I had a
> problem in the house I used to live in a few years ago where all winter 
> long
> we were constantly getting static electricity shocks from things. You'd 
> have
> no idea how many cable boxes and other electronics, a couple computers, an
> alarm clock, a TV, you wouldn't believe how many electronic devices we
> killed in that house in the 15 years there that way. At least 7 cable 
> boxes
> met their demise that way. I think I even killed a cable modem that way. 
> It
> was bad.