does washing your hands discharge static electric

[Guest]

heard that this works too as the water is grounded in a sense. any opinions as to the truth of this?

 

[khha4113]

But you have to wipe your hands, do you? It would generate static charges.

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[FatBurger]

No, it's not true at all. Also, discharging the static isn't the only prevention, it's best to keep yourself grounded the entire time you're working on your computer.

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[Guest]

is that a joke?

 

[FatBurger]

No, it's not. You could easily create more static (shuffling your feet, for instance) when working on your computer.

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[Guest]

oh sorry, I mean washing hands to discharge static electric.

 

[Crashman]

I never ground myself.

What's the frequency, Kenneth?

 

[FatBurger]

Oh, you were talking to the first poster. No, I don't think that was a joke either.

Neither do I, Crash. But I might as well help out other people, otherwise they'll just complain about their broken stuff.

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[lhgpoobaa]

im always touching my case.

....hang on....
that came out ALLLLL wrong *grin*

well u know what i mean

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[camieabz]

If the taps (fossets to the yanks) are metal, touch them. That'll discharge the static to earth (ground to the yanks).



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[Intel_inside]

you don't need to go as far as wash your hands, just touch a piece of metal and you will be fine.

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[camieabz]

Ahem [cough]. What did I just say?

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[Matisaro]

The metal has to be grounded, many people think touching their cases will remove static, but unless its still plugged in.(which contrary to popular misbelief is not a bad idea) the charge will not ground, and you will still have static charge.


Lesson, always work on your pc with the psu plugged in.

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[lhgpoobaa]

sometimes i even work on my PC when its still running!
typically disconnecting fans, fiddling with cables.
risky stuff

The lack of thermal protection on Athlon's is cunning way to stop morons from using AMD.

 

[FatBurger]

Mat is right, holding a piece of unconnected metal will not work, as there is no place for the electricity to go.

Fatty's Tip of the Day:
When working in your computer while it is plugged in, make sure "Keyboard Power On" is disabled. Good way to accidentally turn on your computer and fry your Tbird after removing your heatsink. Just ask Kyle over at HardOCP. He learned that the hard way.

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[Matisaro]

Do people actually use the keyboard power on function?

For some reason pushing a button on the tower and seeing the lights just puts me at ease.

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[Guest]

I don't know how true, or not it is, but I'm guessing the logic is: tap water is hardly pure and fairly conductive, and since the taps themselves are grounded, then there is your path to ground. Makes sense to me.

 

[FatBurger]

Some people do I guess, no idea why.

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[camieabz]

Tap to pipe. Pipe to ground. Simple. Some water pipes are used for earthing for kitchen applicances.

Same happens if you touch a radiator in your house.

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[Guest]

Yeah, I guess that is what I really meant.

Just have to comment. It's funny, do you redcoats really call us yanks.

Radiators eh? I think they disallowed those on the mayflower for intellectual property copyright reasons.

Heh, J/K around BTW.

 

[AEboy128]

I don't either, Althought i Fried an IDE controller once.

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[camieabz]

ROFL!

No they don't. I just used that word because [sigh], Americans is a longer word.

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[zack]

I wouldn't worry too much about static. I've never fried anything, and I definately don't practice safe handling techniques.

 

[peteb]

yeah - a lot of non Amricans call Americans yanks. Not in a bad way, just do...

Radiators may not work as they are invariably painted and so not a true earth/ground.

Water pipes in a newer building are fine, but beware very old buildings (in the UK) as their water pipes were often lead. Also make sure the water system is setup as a ground, since often new buildings are fed via plastic mains water feeds and lose the natural earthing ability. Such buildings need to have specification to deliberately earth the water system somewhere.

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[camieabz]

Waste pipes are plastic, but mains pipes are copper.

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