Re: VSG Belt Drives (fwd)

[Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxx>]

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Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 03:32:27 +0800
From: Peter Terren <pterren1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: VSG Belt Drives (fwd)

I own 2 treadmills for medical use.  Both have black belts (usually =
slightly conductive).  It is very important for these to be antistatic as
picking up the few millivolts from an ECG during an exercise test can easily
be interfered with.  I do recall an older machine which gave interference as
irregular sharp spikes.  Suspecting static, I found that wetting the belt
while running would fix the problem. Hence treamill belts probably won't
serve for a VDG very well.
Cheers
Peter (Tesla Downunder)
http://members.iinet.net.au/~pterren

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> Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 02:34:04 -0800 (PST)
> From: Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: VSG Belt Drives
>
> Instead of buying an expensive belt sander, how about
> using an exercise treadmill.
> snip
> Adam