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Anti Static Rules

Static electricity can damage sensitive computer components, even at voltages lower than what humans can feel. As a result, computer technicians and builders must take precautions such as wearing anti-static wrist straps when working on computers, disconnecting power before working on computers, and handling components by their non-conductive edges to avoid static discharge and protect computer components from damage.

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Anti Static Rules

Static electricity can damage sensitive computer components, even at voltages lower than what humans can feel. As a result, computer technicians and builders must take precautions such as wearing anti-static wrist straps when working on computers, disconnecting power before working on computers, and handling components by their non-conductive edges to avoid static discharge and protect computer components from damage.

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Anti-Static and Safety Precautions

The little shock you experience while you are walking across a carpeted floor
or when you touched a door knob, table, counter or even another person is a
result of static electricity. Static electricity is the discharge of electricity
between two objects with different electrical potential. Humans can't feel a
static shock until it is several thousand volts strong, but it takes less than 30
volts to fry a sensitive computer component, such as a stick of RAM or a
processor.
That's why computer technicians and home computer builders have to guard
their computers against the deadly ravages of static electricity, as well as take
steps to avoid injury.
Safety and Anti-Static Rules
 Always use an anti-static wrist strap when working
on a computer (except when working on monitors)

 Always disconnect a computer from the AC power


and from any powered peripherals while you are
working on it.
 Always grasp a metal part of the computer chassis with
your bare hand before you touch anything inside. Do this
even if you are wearing an anti-static wristband.

 Always handle electronic components by a non-


conducting (non-metallic) edge. Don't touch the pins
or other connectors.
 Never plug an ATX power supply into AC power
unless it is connected either to a computer's
motherboard or to a dummy test load.

 Always use a UL-approved surge protector or an


Uninterruptible Power Supply that incorporates surge
and spike protection.
 Never eat, drink, or smoke while working on a
computer.

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