grounding self?

[marine63]

whats a best way to ground one self. ive seen people different techniques and ive heared the best is anti static gloves and if so where can i get some good deals on a pair...
also any thing else i could do to prevent a total destruction on my parts? (when i buy them)

[Stuey]

There are antistatic wriststraps which attach to your wrist and then a tethered wire is clipped ot a conductive grounding sink.

A grounding sink can either be an iron pipe that leads throughout the house and to the main, or more practically, I use the computer chassis.

I very rarely use my grounding strap. What I do is touch the computer case to ground myself and then I work on sensitive parts. Try to avoid working on carpet since it sometimes helps lead to static buildup.

Touching the case dissipates any built up charge from your body to the case, making it relatively safe to start toying around.

Also, try to limit your handling of sensitive components.

[Toasteddude]

Touching an unpainted metal surface on your case should do it. You PSU may also have a sticker on it that says GROUND CAPABLE/COMPATIBLE or somthing like that.

[Stuey]

If the PSU says ground campatible, it might just mean that the PSU maintains an active ground connection if plugged in but turned off.

That's another thing - some people plug the PSU into the case, attach the power cable so that the PSU is grounded, and then work on sensitive components, but I've never been concerned enough to try that.

[Negeva]

I do the plug in the PSU to the mains with the mains switched off method and so far have never shorted anything out (touch wood ). Just make sure that you push the power button on/off a few times as the PSU can still carry a residual charge - I've seen plenty of ppl blow parts that way.

[Petef56]

See the thread below, We discussed this in great detail..

Grounding Yourself...
http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?t=181464

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