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(Electronics) Is Static Electricity frying my garage door opener, and can a partial Faraday Cage protect it? [more inside]
posted by coffeefilter on Apr 26, 2008 - 3 answers

So, on lap top power cables, and USB cables, what is that cylindrical object near the end? Kind of like if the cable was a snake, the snake had gotten hungry and just swallowed a plump, unfortunate hamster. (Or a thirsty, unfortunate snake had swallowed a can of soda.) What is it? What's it called? And what does it do? - Digest electrons?
posted by coffeefilter on Mar 26, 2008 - 17 answers