I don't think I have many things in my room to ground to so I took a power cord and left only the ground plug on it.
Then I attached my wrist strap to the ground wire on the other end.
The funny thing is I found a green ground wire and a bare ground wire in the cord. I didn't know it had a bare ground wire in there as well. So I twisted that bare one around the green coated one.
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I then checked for continuity from the ground prong of the power cord to the metal plate on my wrist strap and found that it's working as designed.
Now my question is, do you think that this is will work for keeping electronic components safe from static?
Are there any other safety issues with my using ground through the outlet like this?
Thanks so much in advance.
Then I attached my wrist strap to the ground wire on the other end.
The funny thing is I found a green ground wire and a bare ground wire in the cord. I didn't know it had a bare ground wire in there as well. So I twisted that bare one around the green coated one.
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I then checked for continuity from the ground prong of the power cord to the metal plate on my wrist strap and found that it's working as designed.
Now my question is, do you think that this is will work for keeping electronic components safe from static?
Are there any other safety issues with my using ground through the outlet like this?
Thanks so much in advance.
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