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[Christopher Smith]

Dustin Laurence wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 03:18:56PM -0800, Christopher Smith wrote:
>> Don Gibbs wrote:
>>> A conventional metal case is not an electrically isolated Faraday cage
>>> (with one meter air gap).
>> It's an aluminum case.... I'm missing how it's not enough like a Faraday
>>  cage to keep the charge from spreading the party to the components on
>> the inside.
> 
> "Enough like"?  I await the explanation of why a conductive enclosure is
> not *exactly* a Faraday cage.

I'm guessing it's things like holes for drives, cables, and expansion
cards, but I'm at a loss to see how that kills the effect. Admittedly,
this is stuff I haven't studied in well over a decade, so I'm probably
wrong, but I'd love to relearn *how* I'm wrong.

--Chris