As long as the computers are plugged into a 3 prong outlet. You should be
well protected. That is one of the reasons for the thrid prong. The danger
with a static charge is when handing boards that are not attatched to the
motherboard is when they are most at risk. I use a wrist strap connected to
the frame of case when working on boards. Just remember this simple rule
with the flow of electicity. Electicity is very lazy and will seek the
simplest way to the ground.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Burke, Thomas G.
> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 7:16 AM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: controlling static build-up
>
>
> The problem comes primarily from the rubber/leather soles of your shoes,
> which keep you from dissipating charge back to ground. During humid days,
> the water & other particulates in the air act as a good enough
> conductor to
> discharge you continuously.
>
> I would imagine that, in most cases, the discharges won't hurt any
> equipment, as long as it only hits the case. I have had problems when
> getting shocked while holding magnetic media, however - the EMP is strong
> enough in a localized area to scramble the bits on my floppy/zip drive
> disks...
>
> If you want to be really sure that no equipment is damaged, you can go an
> extra step & install grounding cable to the equipment back to a grounding
> bus (althoug, if their PS's are wired correctly, they should already be
> wired back like this.
>
> I personally find the problem to be worst with my chair - it seems to
> generate a gob of static. I'm considering attaching a ground strap to the
> chair itself (I move around a lot, but the chair doesn't).
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 8:05 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: OT: controlling static build-up
> >
> > Hey all,
> >
> > In a way this IS on topic, because I'm trying to keep from frying my
> > Redhat servers. I work in New England where our long winter is
> coming on,
> > and the room I work in (now filled with servers) is generating
> more static
> > electricity than I've ever seen before. I discharge electricity
> just about
> > every time I touch something metal, including the computer equipment.
> >
> > What do the guru's here do to cope with static electricity? I
> move around
> > too much in my work to constantly wear a grounding wrist strap
> <grin> but
> > short of the anti-static chair mat (which should arrive today), is there
> > anything I can wear or do to combat this problem?
> >
> > Thanks for any help you can give me,
> > -burk
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