On Wed, 30 May 2001, Alan B. Pearce wrote:

> >That's just there to drain off static charge that builds up.
> >It's not carrying any current to speak of.
>
> Micropolis used to have them on their full height 5.25 inch hard discs. the
> trouble was the brush would get to a point where it would squeak or squeal.
> We had a recommendation from Micropolis to remove them, as they did not seem
> to serve a useful purpose in that case.

Micropolis had WAY too much spring tension on those spindle grounding
brushes.  So did Seagate on drives of that era.  I fixed a lot of 'em.

Dale
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