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Originally Posted by Paddy1
Been building PC's for about 14 years and I've never owned an anti static wrist strap, mat or anything else. I've made a habit of touching the radiator pipes before hand and never zapped anything Emperor style yet.
Next weeks tough lappys test does look fun  |
but you can build up static just stood on carpet and you dont normally know you have damaged something it just doesnt work as well anymore.These are not mission critical in the house but all electronics in aviation is built in anti static enviroments>My dad was head of a department at the Dunlop before he retired last year and he worked on aviation electronical developement and he told me about precautions because lives were at stake.They wouldnt do this if just touching a rad was enough
