[ale] Linux technophile emergency tool kit

[Michael B. Trausch]

On 05/29/2013 09:58 AM, Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> 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.

I could see that being useful to, err, avoid death.  :)

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.

Then again, I don't work with high voltage anything.  I don't know
enough to safely do so, IMO.

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