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Reporter claims that heat and dry conditions cause static electricity discharges. Reporter states the static discharge affects other position. Implied concern that surrounding radar, frequencys and other equipment could produce a dynamic discharge.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 351679 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199611 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : bdl |
| State Reference | CT |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : atl |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller radar : 9 |
| ASRS Report | 351679 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | other physical facility |
Narrative:
Winter is here and the heat has been turned on. Extremely dry conditions in the TRACON leaves the air statically charged, causing static discharges that can be heard in the side tone of the headsets. Even when someone gets out of a chair the static discharge can affect other position. We have requested that this situation be rectified as we are surrounded by radar scopes, radio frequencys, and other equipment that could produce a dynamic static charge if the proper conditions are present.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: RPTR CLAIMS THAT HEAT AND DRY CONDITIONS CAUSE STATIC ELECTRICITY DISCHARGES. RPTR STATES THE STATIC DISCHARGE AFFECTS OTHER POS. IMPLIED CONCERN THAT SURROUNDING RADAR, FREQS AND OTHER EQUIP COULD PRODUCE A DYNAMIC DISCHARGE.
Narrative: WINTER IS HERE AND THE HEAT HAS BEEN TURNED ON. EXTREMELY DRY CONDITIONS IN THE TRACON LEAVES THE AIR STATICALLY CHARGED, CAUSING STATIC DISCHARGES THAT CAN BE HEARD IN THE SIDE TONE OF THE HEADSETS. EVEN WHEN SOMEONE GETS OUT OF A CHAIR THE STATIC DISCHARGE CAN AFFECT OTHER POS. WE HAVE REQUESTED THAT THIS SIT BE RECTIFIED AS WE ARE SURROUNDED BY RADAR SCOPES, RADIO FREQS, AND OTHER EQUIP THAT COULD PRODUCE A DYNAMIC STATIC CHARGE IF THE PROPER CONDITIONS ARE PRESENT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.