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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 05/29/2013 09:58 AM, Jeff Hubbs
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:51A60997.2010903@att.net" type="cite">I guess
that over the years I just adopted a subconsciously ESD-aware
working style. Like, if I'm about to put a card in a machine, I'm
holding the card by the backplate and I touch the case with the
other hand first so that me, the machine's ground, and the card's
ground go to the same potential. Now, that is NOT a good
practicewhen you are dealing with higher voltages with higher
currents available (e.g., tube amps), which is why wrist straps
etc. have a ~1M resistor in series - perfectly adequate for
discharging static but will tend to not put a few mA across your
ticker.</blockquote>
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I could see that being useful to, err, avoid death. :)<br>
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But I work pretty much the same way you do. Honestly I prefer
working in more humid environments where ESD is inhibited or reduced
naturally, but when that's not an option, I simply ground myself
every time I think to do so, every time I need to touch anything
with a circuit board, an IC, etc.<br>
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Then again, I don't work with high voltage anything. I don't know
enough to safely do so, IMO.<br>
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