two pieces of metal.....with initial air separation......sounds like a
capacitor.

> ----------
> From:         ERIC SCHLAEPFER[SMTP:eric.schlaepfer@AUTODESK.COM]
> Sent:         Tuesday, November 25, 1997 8:38 AM
> To:   PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject:      [OT] Electrical contact
>
>      Hi all,
>
>      Does anyone here happen to know a method to detect electrical
> contact
>      between two metal parts without having a ground return to
> complete the
>      circuit? I just want to see if anyone else has solved this
> problem
>      before.
>
>      The reason it is on this list is because I will use a PIC to
> detect
>      this contact.
>
>      Later,
>
>      Eric
>