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Also if you are wearing it and you touch something you shouldn't... you can die.

The strap will neither save you nor make things any worse than they otherwise would be.

 

Unless you routinely happen to assemble PCs near a VandeGraff generator.

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Strap on?  lol

 

Not a' strap-on' a 'strap    on'. IE wearing a strap.

(explanation for those who take the previous comment seriously).

 

OK I know humour doesn't always come across in a text only medium , but the number of times I have seen people taking umbrage at obiously tongue-in-cheek comments blows my mind.

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The strap will neither save you nor make things any worse than they otherwise would be.

 

Unless you routinely happen to assemble PCs near a VandeGraff generator.

Why would that be dangerous?.  !00 million volts but at .00001 picoamps 's no problem (made up numbers).

 

I wouldn't like to be fixed to ground though: with any sizeable jolt, at least if you are free and get a belt you can get thrown across the room it will hurt like the bejeesus but you may well live, whereas if you are fixed to ground the current will continue to flow through you untill the breaker/fuse goes.

   I wouldn't use this "you may die" argument as to why not to wear a strap, the odds of you getting a belt from something you are working on (if turned off etc) are so infitesimally small that to worry about that is the same as worrying about being hit by a meteor, ie it MAY happen but probably wont.

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Why would that be dangerous?.  !00 million volts but at .00001 picoamps 's no problem (made up numbers).

 

I wouldn't like to be fixed to ground though: with any sizeable jolt, at least if you are free and get a belt you can get thrown across the room it will hurt like the bejeesus but you may well live, whereas if you are fixed to ground the current will continue to flow through you untill the breaker/fuse goes.

   I wouldn't use this "you may die" argument as to why not to wear a strap, the odds of you getting a belt from something you are working on (if turned off etc) are so infitesimally small that to worry about that is the same as worrying about being hit by a meteor, ie it MAY happen but probably wont.

VandeGraff generators are not always super safe.  Most people only have experience around very carefully constructed generators, with purposely restricted capacitance, be they commercially sold toys, or the big ones on display at science centers.  Built more haphazardly they can store painful to outright harmful potentials.

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VandeGraff generators are not always super safe.  Most people only have experience around very carefully constructed generators,

Colour me MOST PEOPLE then.

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oh god..... ive been dragging my feet around on my carpet then touching my mother board and gpu trying to see the spark! not really though. if i am going to be doing a lot in the case i will wear one if i am installing a stick of ram real quick i wont.

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Colour me MOST PEOPLE then.

Yep, which is all well and good until you say to yourself "hey, building one of these things is darn easy"  (which it is) and then you learn the hard way that details matter,

 

Most school science fairs will not even allow them anymore.

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Yep, which is all well and good until you say to yourself "hey, building one of these things is darn easy"  (which it is) and then you learn the hard way that details matter,

 

 

 

"Most people only have experience around very carefully constructed generators" , this was the bit I was responding to.

  I HAVE NEVER BUILT A VDGG, carefully constructed or otherwise.

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I always touch a large metal object, sometimes a plugged in but turned off PSU.

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I am building my first PC today, I have the NZXT s340, So I cannot ground myself with that. Linus suggests grounding yourself by connecting the wrist strap to a PSU that is plugged in but turned off, how will I ground myself when I am testing the PC on the motherboard box as I will need to plug in the PSU to test the pc, thanks ;)

 

 

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Just touch the metal case once in awhile, you will be fine. I never use em either, work or personally. 

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Just touch the case of the PSU, but if you already have the cpu on the motherboard, the chances of you destroying the cpu are pretty low.

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PC components are tuff. Just use common sense and you'll be fine

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Not mandatory, but always good to have. I've fried a Mobo once, and I guess if I had been strapped it would not have happened. Its never happened again (i always strap now)

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I've literally built one on my bed. used the boxes as little cardboard islands for everything to sit on. It was cute to say the least.

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I got one really cheap from one of RadioShack's closing sales, so I use it. Otherwise, I don't think I would have bought one.

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I don't because I'm careful with my stuff and I'm not super clumsy. I will eventually though.

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