Re: odd edp problem

[Chuck Zwicky <chuck.zwicky@wavefront.com>]

You can put a resistor in series with the grounding strap. It will bleed
off enough of the residual static build-up and still not pose a heath risk
if a ground fault is encountered. Try a 100k resistor.

-Chuck Zwicky



At 08:19 PM 4/12/99 -0400, you wrote:
>At 05:00 PM 4/12/99 -0500, Dennis W. Leas wrote:
>>I'd be extremely careful, here.  The ground-strap-on-the-ankle will solve
>>any static problem but touching badly wired equipment may become fatal.
>>Touch a "hot" mic, for example, and you've got a great current path 
>through
>>your heart.  That's a bad thing.  Very bad.
>
>Oh jeez, you are right.  So perhaps the idea of a grounding pole that you
>can touch momentarily (while not touching a mic or anything) would be
>safer.
>
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