how to make a anti static wrist band thing

[twitchee2]

anyone got ideas? im thinking just gt a wire. and have a clip so i can take it off if i need to then some wire conecting to the case? is that all i need?

 

[minendo]

anti static wrist bands are over rated. Never used one and have never had an issue.

 

[Proletariat]

Ground yourself on the case.

 

[twitchee2]

i fired my hdd over the weekend so im gonna use them now.

 

[cjgallen]

alligator clip + wire

 

[MX2]

Barbed wire wrapped around your neck and connected to your dryer 220 line will do the trick

 

[Amused]

Take two lengths of completely stripped wire. Tie each one around each wrist. Put each one into the left and right holes in your electrical outlet in the wall.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: Amused
Take two lengths of completely stripped wire. Tie each one around each wrist. Put each one into the left and right holes in your electrical outlet in the wall.

Do you have Bad Advice Insurance? If not, you can kiss your ass BAI BAI.

 

[spaceman]

dont be startin some static.

 

[Literati]

Touch something metal before working on a box.

I have never used one and I have worked on my own boxes for around 10 years. I have never had a problem.

I actually got electrocuted when re-installing a sound card on the MSI KT3 Ultra I'm using now, and it still works fine.

That is why I'm a pretty hardcore MSI fan. Anyways, yea I'm talking really electrocuted. Enough to blow my arm out of the box and knock me over.

Like the person up there said. They're overrated.

Just touch a ground before going in.

 

[pac1085]

I like to use them - not because I've ever fried something by touching it, or known anyone that has did so, but alot of the times you might hurt something and the system will run fine but the component will be weak and fail easy, crash etc. Can't really test for that but it makes me feel better at least

 

[sciencewhiz]

http://store.yahoo.com/outletpc/c0181.html

 

[dartworth]

so you won't spend $5 to save a few hundred?

 

[aplefka]

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: Amused
Take two lengths of completely stripped wire. Tie each one around each wrist. Put each one into the left and right holes in your electrical outlet in the wall.

Do you have Bad Advice Insurance? If not, you can kiss your ass BAI BAI.

I can just see it now.

"Yeah, but I don't understand. I even asked on a forum for advice and did exactly what this one user Amused told me. Now I kind of wish I hadn't followed his advice at all."

 

[BlackAdam]

1. Buy Livestrong Bracelet
2. Put Socks On
3. Run Around Carpet With Socks
4. Turn On Computer
5. Open Computer
6. ENJOY!

 

[Goosemaster]

just throw all of it away and use a pad and paper to draw the porn.

 

[Goosemaster]

Seriosuly though, jsut touch a piece of metal on an appliance that is conncted to an outlet

 

[twitchee2]

yea i usually do im just curious how thay are made jus a piece of conducting metal thats conects to your case?

 

[DrPizza]

touching the case will work IFF the power supply is plugged in. Otherwise, there's still a chance of a static discharge. The case itself needs to be grounded.

Nonetheless, the odds are so slim... I just tap the metal on the case and procede to do whatever it is that I'm doing.

 

[twitchee2]

i htink that was the prblem...my POS psu doesnt have a on off switch so if it pluged in there is power to everything. so it wasnt grounded...that could be a problem