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| Thread ID: 86955 | 2008-02-03 02:47:00 | Can I ground myself by touching the water tap? | Renmoo (66) | PC World Chat |
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| 636835 | 2008-02-03 05:43:00 | I think I will rephrase my query: How do I earth myself? Why is it when I stand on the floor the charges on the exterior of my body do not move to the ground automatically? With bare feet and a dirt floor, you will be grounded (in spite of the new license). Put an insulator in the circuit, no Jamuz grounding. With a conductor, current can flow, with an insulator current cannot flow. (So that's why they call it a static charge ;) ) Most clean dry non-metallic floors are reasonably good insulators, linoleums and synthetic carpets are very good insulators. Just remember, when working on your laptop, the earth is handy for support and it's atmosphere. You have to stop the current flowing from you through sensitive semiconductor junctions in the laptop. With you and the laptop electrically bonded, there is no potential difference, so no current flow. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 636836 | 2008-02-03 05:46:00 | R2x1, the man just wants to do whatever in the inside of his laptop, stop giving him stupid answers already! :lol:We both know he needs to sit on the roof:lol: |
--Wolf-- (128) | ||
| 636837 | 2008-02-03 05:47:00 | Jen! Now really! Please remember this is a family forum or we may have to report you to the moderators. | Mercury (1316) | ||
| 636838 | 2008-02-03 06:30:00 | With bare feet and a dirt floor, you will be grounded (in spite of the new license). Put an insulator in the circuit, no Jamuz grounding. With a conductor, current can flow, with an insulator current cannot flow. (So that's why they call it a static charge ;) ) Most clean dry non-metallic floors are reasonably good insulators, linoleums and synthetic carpets are very good insulators. Just remember, when working on your laptop, the earth is handy for support and it's atmosphere. You have to stop the current flowing from you through sensitive semiconductor junctions in the laptop. With you and the laptop electrically bonded, there is no potential difference, so no current flow. So in order to ground myself, I have put in a conductor between myself and the floor? Cheers :) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 636839 | 2008-02-03 06:32:00 | Sit the components on the roof? | --Wolf-- (128) | ||
| 636840 | 2008-02-03 06:39:00 | Sit the components on the roof? No more of that, WolfForrest22. |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 636841 | 2008-02-03 06:40:00 | I'm sorry, Jamuz | --Wolf-- (128) | ||
| 636842 | 2008-02-03 06:45:00 | So in order to ground myself, I have put in a conductor between myself and the floor? But make sure you do it in the interval. Whilst he is conducting a musically vigourous piece of music he could do you an injury. |
Mercury (1316) | ||
| 636843 | 2008-02-03 06:49:00 | And I thought I was bad....:stare: | --Wolf-- (128) | ||
| 636844 | 2008-02-03 07:02:00 | So in order to ground myself, I have put in a conductor between myself and the floor? Cheers :) Nope, there's a flaw in that. To ground yourself : Put a conductor between yourself and the earth. (This won't help if your laptop has a static charge though.) To equalise the potential between yourself and the laptop and protect it from ESD (Static), put a conductor between yourself and the laptop. Anything less, and a whole orchestra won't help. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
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