On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 12:43:10 GMT, "has.mac" >,
wrote:

>The car is the ground. It is an electrical ground relative to the static
>potential built up on your body. It doesn't need to be metallically
>connected to the Earth.

This is, of course, the correct answer and has won this weeks prize for
ending a very tortuous thread. Thank you. :-)

Pete
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