If you have any information or pictures/case studies on shaft currents involving journal bearings, please reply. Thanks. By the way I am doing some research on a bearing from a Diesel generator set up out of the diesel.

Here's an article that might prove of interest.

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John from PA

Electrostatic_Discharge_on_a_Compressor_Train.pdf (674 Kb, 30 downloads) ESD on a compressor train

And another article...

Electrostatic_Discharge_in_Rotating_Machinery.pdf (420 Kb, 27 downloads) ESD in Rotating Machinery

You can find a lot of info on this subject on this site:
http://www.sohreturbo.com/