On Mon 06 Aug 2007 14:57:45 NZST +1200, Chevhq Car wrote: > I was personally present when one young fellow, working for a not > unknown company, politly showed me how he works by just touching his > hands to the computer case whilst building. > This was on a hot Nor-west day. > I didn't feel too sorry for him when he went to explain to his manager > that the New Custom ordered pc would not boot despite every thing he > had tried.
Then he didn't do the touching right - believe it or not, that's all that's necessary electrically speaking. You have to touch the right things though. Much safer to use a strap though, esp if you're unsure. I've handled some of my own gear without strap heaps of times and don't recall a problem. I do get the strap out when it's someone else's gear, or something new - prevents any arguments. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
