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| Thread ID: 21799 | 2002-07-04 05:45:00 | Antistatic Procedures | prism (840) | Press F1 |
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| 59771 | 2002-07-04 11:53:00 | Mostly right Billy, as long as they are doing it for themself. Its only if MED/OSH viewed the instructions as wrong (after the event RIP) that liability could arise. Its not the liklihood of anyone winning a case, but the costs of defending an action that concern businesses today, we are getting too much like USA? And I still believe it would be the publisher liable, based on the case against the book publisher where a murder resulted from instructions in a book? Unfortunately the only safe instruction would be where it isnt plugged in, and this is technically inferior? |
godfather (25) | ||
| 59772 | 2002-07-04 13:04:00 | I think the main reason for the unplus your PC rule now is that if it's unplugged. It is highly unlikely that there is any current running through the PC (well there is the battery keeping the time but you know ;)). If it is unplugged. Where as if it is plugged in some naughty little person could switch the power on and what not. |
-=JM=- (16) | ||
| 59773 | 2002-07-04 23:23:00 | OK, I can see your point of view godfather, but the fact is that there are people out there who are going to pop the lid of their PC whether they know about the risks or not. I'm lucky that I have a hubby who has a limited electrical ticket and can stand guard over me (or I can stand guard over him while he does it, hehe), but for those who don't, I think it would be of great benefit for people to have this kind of information, complete with warnings, etc available as a FAQ. After all, people are still going to do it and isn't it better that they be told how to do it properly complete with suitable warnings? If you are worried about the Press F1 or IDG people being liable for "promoting illegal activities" I would say that they have the liberty to remove such posts if they are concerned. But do remember that they have had plenty of similar information regarding taking anti-static precautions in their magazine articles in the past. Billy: it would be great if you could put the monitor info in the FAQs. I was going to fish it out sometime and try and do something with it but I'm no expert on the subject and it would be a Bad Idea for me to do it I think. Besides, it needs your name on it properly for the credits. If you've got time to do this topic as well, that would be marvellous. Half the information is already in this post so hopefully it's only a matter of some quick editing "when you get 10 minutes"! :D |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 59774 | 2002-07-04 23:42:00 | Heck - if there was legal problem with working on your own PC I think it would have come up by now :-) I think a quick FAQ on the best proceedure to follow when doing any work inside the PC is a good idea. |
Biggles (121) | ||
| 59775 | 2002-07-04 23:56:00 | well i would say keep pc plugged in and turned off at the wall. DON"T insert screw drivers or fingers inside the power supply as even if its turned off the caps can still retain charge and getting zapped really hurts. also if you did leave wall switch on you could get a fatal shock(had that before and it still hurts). | tweak'e (174) | ||
| 59776 | 2002-07-05 00:02:00 | > also if you did leave wall switch on > you could get a fatal shock(had that before and it > still hurts). tweak'e's a GHOST!!! YIKES!! |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 59777 | 2002-07-05 00:04:00 | well to cut all the synops out, yes you can leave it plugged in, if you are the type who does not trust the electricity company not to send a power spike through while you are working on it . If you want to earth a pc correctly without having it connected to the power socket . grab some speaker wire and run it out the window to the ground and bury half a foot of it . The open components inside a pc case are low voltage and no ticket is required, unplugged or not the power supply still contains enough power in its capacitors to give you a rude shock . however it is an enclosed unit and you won't touch them by accident . REMEMBER the power suppply is still attached to the pc and takes time to discharge . moral of the story don't open the thing with yellow and red wires coming out, they are cheap to replace if faulty . Anyone that wants to work with high voltage without a limited regs ticket, good luck have a nice funeral . Sooner or later you will get it wrong . Paladin |
mutts (790) | ||
| 59778 | 2002-07-05 00:13:00 | Anyone ever play with the van de Graf generator (www.binghamton.edu) at school? I was the guinea pig once. Was standing on a block of polysterene, one hand on the van de Graf and my hair has gone vertical. Unfortunately, I let my other hand wander too close to one of the gas taps on the bench. WHAM! Never underestimate the power of the force (static electricity, that is). |
Biggles (121) | ||
| 59779 | 2002-07-05 00:15:00 | >tweak'e's a GHOST!!! YIKES!! lol :) the worse one i've had was ~1200volts but very limited currant, good shoes and rubber matts . one seriously rude shock i tell ya . >yes you can leave it plugged in, if you are the type who does not trust the electricity company not to send a power spike through while you are working on it . thats why you turn the wall switch off . for those who are worried about spikes use a ups . |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 59780 | 2002-07-05 00:27:00 | > Never underestimate the power of the force (static > electricity, that is) . OK, so it's in a different league, but for some reason just lately I've been getting a shock in my finger everytime I first touch something metal in the kitchen (cork tile floor) after walking around the house a bit (on carpet) . It hurts and makes me jump! :-( Goodness knows why it's only been happening just recently, but I want to know how to prevent it . . . |
Susan B (19) | ||
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