On Wed, 4 Dec 2013, John R Pierce wrote: > On 12/4/2013 11:25 AM, Peter wrote: >> On 12/05/2013 06:42 AM, Michael Hennebry wrote: >>>> My plan involved a wire-wrap wire "bracelet" and a megohm resistor. >>>> Connecting the other end to a bare metal part of the case is sufficient? >>>> I don't need an actual ground? >> No you need an actual ground. If the case is left plugged in this would >> be sufficient but is probably a bad idea for other (obvious) reasons. >> Find something else to attach the strap (or whatever) to and make sure >> it's grounded. > > > the case has to be grounded to the same ground or it won't do much good. The new plan is to connect myself to the case through a megohm resistor and the case to a heating vent through another megohm resistor. -- Michael hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu "SCSI is NOT magic. There are *fundamental technical reasons* why it is necessary to sacrifice a young goat to your SCSI chain now and then." -- John Woods