Within a few weeks I will build my new PC and since it is a first for me, I wonder about static electricity protection. I have a recommanded wristband and intend to build the PC on a wooden table on a tile floor. I intend to plug the wristband on to the PSU fan grill. However, I will need the PSU eventually (test parts before installing them in the case) so I will have to change my source. So I wondered about electrical baseboard (plinths) or even the top of the toaster. Any idea?
Spend the money and get an anti-static floor pad to stand on as well. Doesn't have to be big, 2x3 for your workbench should do.
Is that really necessary? I just tapped the case every now and then and had no problems.
Don't wear shoes or socks & regularly discharge yourself.
Quote from: Grey Fox on August 01, 2017, 11:39:38 AM
Don't wear shoes or socks & regularly discharge yourself.
Life advice?
Yes.
Quote from: Grey Fox on August 01, 2017, 11:39:38 AM
Don't wear shoes or socks & regularly discharge yourself.
Don't wear shoes? :yeahright:
My advice is DO wear shoes, and stand on a hard floor to work whenever possible. The ESD risk is greatly overblown to beginners; at my shop, I don't even have to wear a wrist strap because I wear boots and stand on a concrete floor (and the warehouse tends to be about the right humidity to keep the risk down).
Quote from: Liep on August 01, 2017, 10:07:43 AM
Is that really necessary? I just tapped the case every now and then and had no problems.
I don't trust electricity. :mad:
Quote from: DontSayBanana on August 01, 2017, 04:01:33 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on August 01, 2017, 11:39:38 AM
Don't wear shoes or socks & regularly discharge yourself.
Don't wear shoes? :yeahright:
My advice is DO wear shoes, and stand on a hard floor to work whenever possible. The ESD risk is greatly overblown to beginners; at my shop, I don't even have to wear a wrist strap because I wear boots and stand on a concrete floor (and the warehouse tends to be about the right humidity to keep the risk down).
I don't want to him to have any possibility of resistance.
I don't do anything special. I do it sitting on a carpeted floor. Just touch the case a lot and only touch the edges of your components.
It's a new PC so if something does get staticked to death return it.
Quote from: Tyr on August 02, 2017, 08:25:50 AM
I don't do anything special. I do it sitting on a carpeted floor. Just touch the case a lot and only touch the edges of your components.
:zipped:
Anyway, I built my computer without problem. Used the anti-static wrist band.