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Where can I find a grounded electrical appliance in my room?
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I live in England, and I just got all the parts to assemble my own computer. This is the day I have been waiting for a long time! This is my first REAL (I mean real ) computer and I am allready 33 y old. So you can only imagine, how happy I am to get it! And the comp is also powerfull: 2500 barton+500mb mem + 120 g hdd ... that is surely powerfull - I cant wait to see how fast it is! But first I need to assemble it. So, the instractions says that I need to use anti-static wrist strap (I have one). I need to clipp it to a grounded electrical appliance. The only problem is, that I don't know where can I found one. OR some other grounded thing (radiator?). Does somebody know how these things are in England? How about my (medal) stereos? |
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"Juha Kettunen" wrote in message ... Hi I live in England, and I just got all the parts to assemble my own computer. This is the day I have been waiting for a long time! This is my first REAL (I mean real ) computer and I am allready 33 y old. So you can only imagine, how happy I am to get it! And the comp is also powerfull: 2500 barton+500mb mem + 120 g hdd ... that is surely powerfull - I cant wait to see how fast it is! But first I need to assemble it. So, the instractions says that I need to use anti-static wrist strap (I have one). I need to clipp it to a grounded electrical appliance. The only problem is, that I don't know where can I found one. OR some other grounded thing (radiator?). Does somebody know how these things are in England? How about my (medal) stereos? Is there a screw that holds a plastic faceplace an AC outlet? That would be a ground. Any device that has connection to any ground wire of the electric current or a water pipe or you could drive a six foot length of copper into the ground or you could attach youself to a lightning rod. THAT would be grounded for sure Proto |
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Proto wrote in message news:dA2_a.87580$cF.27785@rwcrnsc53... "Juha Kettunen" wrote in message ... Is there a screw that holds a plastic faceplace an AC outlet? That would be a ground. Yes, every outlets have 2 screws on it (I have normal English AC outlets). ok, so your advice is the same as they gave on a website: "A very good alternative is to plug your wrist strap right into the ground receptacle of a wall socket ..". |
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Then only problem is that my anti-static wrist strap is not very easy to
attach to a screws ... maybe using tape... Proto wrote in message news:dA2_a.87580$cF.27785@rwcrnsc53... "Juha Kettunen" wrote in message ... Hi I live in England, and I just got all the parts to assemble my own computer. This is the day I have been waiting for a long time! This is my first REAL (I mean real ) computer and I am allready 33 y old. So you can only imagine, how happy I am to get it! And the comp is also powerfull: 2500 barton+500mb mem + 120 g hdd ... that is surely powerfull - I cant wait to see how fast it is! But first I need to assemble it. So, the instractions says that I need to use anti-static wrist strap (I have one). I need to clipp it to a grounded electrical appliance. The only problem is, that I don't know where can I found one. OR some other grounded thing (radiator?). Does somebody know how these things are in England? How about my (medal) stereos? Is there a screw that holds a plastic faceplace an AC outlet? That would be a ground. Any device that has connection to any ground wire of the electric current or a water pipe or you could drive a six foot length of copper into the ground or you could attach youself to a lightning rod. THAT would be grounded for sure Proto |
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Many articles seem to advice that : "It has a wire attached to it with an
alligator clip on the end to connect to your (PC-) case ". (Means to a metal part of PC). So is this adequate? It would be easiest for me. |
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I'd just attach it to the case of the PC I was building. Plug the
cable from the mains into the PSU but leave it switched off at the wall socket. You have then got a very effective earth (usually less than 0.5 Ohm in the UK) Although I must admit I never use a strap myself as usually I touch the case as I handle the pieces and then only by the edges. regards Graham On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 11:10:24 +0100, "Juha Kettunen" wrote: Many articles seem to advice that : "It has a wire attached to it with an alligator clip on the end to connect to your (PC-) case ". (Means to a metal part of PC). So is this adequate? It would be easiest for me. |
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On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 11:10:24 +0100, "Juha Kettunen"
wrote: Many articles seem to advice that : "It has a wire attached to it with an alligator clip on the end to connect to your (PC-) case ". (Means to a metal part of PC). So is this adequate? It would be easiest for me. It is adequate only if the power supply is installed in the case and it's plugged into the outlet. If the power supply isn't installed in the case yet you might still plug it into the AC outlet and attach the alligator clip to an exterior metal part on the power supply, like the fan grill or mounting bracket, whatever. Dave |
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ok thanks. I undestand ... I think I will use this method. Just starding to
assemble - hope all best for me , please (I have never done this before and I am not a kind of professional - far from that..). Graham wrote in message ... I'd just attach it to the case of the PC I was building. Plug the cable from the mains into the PSU but leave it switched off at the wall socket. You have then got a very effective earth (usually less than 0.5 Ohm in the UK) Although I must admit I never use a strap myself as usually I touch the case as I handle the pieces and then only by the edges. regards Graham On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 11:10:24 +0100, "Juha Kettunen" wrote: Many articles seem to advice that : "It has a wire attached to it with an alligator clip on the end to connect to your (PC-) case ". (Means to a metal part of PC). So is this adequate? It would be easiest for me. |
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kony wrote in message ... On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 11:10:24 +0100, "Juha Kettunen" wrote: Many articles seem to advice that : "It has a wire attached to it with an alligator clip on the end to connect to your (PC-) case ". (Means to a metal part of PC). So is this adequate? It would be easiest for me. It is adequate only if the power supply is installed in the case and it's plugged into the outlet. If the power supply isn't installed in the case yet you might still plug it into the AC outlet and attach the alligator clip to an exterior metal part on the power supply, like the fan grill or mounting bracket, whatever. PSU is allready in the case ... |
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On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 14:48:13 GMT, "Ken Gast"
wrote: OD NOT PLUG PS INTO THE WALL!!!!!!!!!! IF ITS atx IT WILL FRY EVERYTHING YOU PUT IN. UNSCREW THE SCREW ON THE OUTLET A LITTLE SO THAT THE CLIP CAN ATTACH TO IT SAFEST WAY No, it won't fry everything. I didn't tell him to plug it into the motherboard, and THAT he should not do. I should've made that more clear perhaps... The power supply can be plugged into the wall AC outlet to provide ground, but it should not be plugged into the motherboard until after the assembly is finished and the power supply is unplugged from AC. Dave |
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