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Which anti static wristband should i get? Also how do i attack the band to the PSU, im guessing im going to have to connect the PSU to the power outlet, and just connect the wristband, should be it, right?

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Any $3 wristband will do.

Reply to True Creation

^+1. As for attaching it, you can attach it to the case.

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Reply to Shadow703793

case has no metal spots, antec 1200, which anti static wristband, link please?

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Reply to computernewbie

or if u want live dangerlessly, u could take an old computer power cord, and cut off the HOT and Neg, pegs off, and only have the ground plug still sticking out... and plug that into the outlet ground... and at the other end, strip off the wire, and attach the ground wire to u,... that will ground ya...

(NOW CAREFUL, MAKE SHURE YOUR GROUND, ON THE HOUSE IS CORRECTLY GROUNDED, I DONT WANT U TO KILL YOUR SELF...)

that is what i did, to ground, and discharge CRT monitors, before i worked on them...

Message edited by renegeek on 09-11-2009 at 04:51:20 AM

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What I personally do at work, I took an old cord, twisted a couple of paperclips around, and rammed them into the ground plug of the PC power cord, then taped off the positive and negative ports on the plug so no metal ends could touch, then wrap the ends of the paper clip around themselves, clip your wrist strap to that, and good. Perfect ground. We actually used to have a plug on our old wrist strap that plugged us into only the ground plug until the strap broke. Too bad as that was an awesome wrist strap. Next best thing imo.

Reply to ohiou_grad_06

firstly, you guys are insane.

.... an antec 1200 doesn't have any metal? i have an antec 900 and it's made of solid steel... color me confused

computernewbie wrote :

case has no metal spots, antec 1200, which anti static wristband, link please?

Ummm... WTF?

Quote :

Antec Twelve Hundred Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811129043
80% of that damn case is METAL. I'd know cause I used it.

Message edited by Shadow703793 on 09-11-2009 at 10:36:47 PM

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....its metal thats painted over....

Reply to computernewbie

^Not the inside/edges. Either way, the paint layer is so thin as to not be an insulator.

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