Just so you know, and for everyone to know. If you connect it to a PAINTED SURFACE, like where you put it in your case, it's not connected to anything. Paint doesn't conduct electricity and thus doesn't do jack shit for your wrist strap.
Lol when i made my set up i was on thr carpet wareing socks putting the pieces on the floor i had no strap like yours and i am super lucky that i diddent fry it
Oh wow. Yeah, that's pretty sketchy doing it carpet, but I guess it depends on the type of carpet and how much you were moving/shuffling your feet as well. If you touched your case often or I liked to also tap on my light switch's screw (which should be grounded), then you should be OK. This wrist strap was only to ground myself as much as possible, since I find myself building up static really easily!
I don't know what carpet we have and i didn't really touch my case, i just brought a wrist strap because i don't want to be taking any risks damaging the peaces, I am so lucky that it didn't break anything. when i was building it i did move a bit because i had to move most of the stuff away from the motherboard to put the new stuff in.
question can building your PC naked help anti-static ? i'm so worried about my new PC build I'm going to attach that crocodile clip to the pipe going into the ground on the radiator... maybe from my ankle not my wrist dunno.
Hi! I've got a strange question. So, where I should ground it when I want to not get shocked from Headphones or Studio mic. I am afraid those 300$ things f**k up anytime.
Thanks man. I'm looking into upgrading the RAM on my computer and people kept recommending these but never specified how the hell to use them. Here's hoping that I do this right and don't fry my system lol.
Does the metal we touch have to be connected to the plug or can it be any metal? I mean will it work if I touch a desk lamp (full metal body) instead of a CPU?
I believe that if you have an object in your home that has "electroshocked" you, then it is the right one. I have a pellet stove that makes sparks when I touch it. I think I'll clip the anti-static bracelet to the stove.
From what I've read/heard connecting to a case is not the same as grounding? It's called bonding where you're just transferring the ESD to something else (the case). In order to ground yourself it needs to be connected to something that actually goes to the earth such as a PSU connected into the wall outlet (and turned off). This dissipates the ESD rather than transferring it. Correct me if I'm wrong cause I'm new to this too.
+TylerJaden24 90% of what you said is correct. The only thing you got wrong was using the PSU. It technically will ground you but by plugging it in (even while its off) you have just quadrupled your chances of something bad happening. Even though you may be grounded, there is power going to the PSU and the capacitors. Same concept applies to why its insanely dangerous to handle an opened PSU. Even while its off or unplugged, there is an active charge. Touch the wrong thing and it can very easily kill you. In this case you run the risk of bridging electrical circuits. Even when its off there is power going to the board. Even if it is a small amount, it doesnt take much.
+Kille78 Kille78, some of what you said is incorrect, and some of what you said COULD happen under the right but HIGHLY unlikely circumstances. From what you describe in your "scenario" this would only be an issue if your house / wall outlet had a faulty ground connection, the circuit breaker hasn't tripped and the internals of the PSU were shorting out in a unique manner (which you would likely know about via smoke, burning smell or the computer / PSU not working) OR if you opened up your PSU and started touching the internals (for what reason I don't know) as you were touching other components at the same time. Also, if your PSU has a switch on the back as most do now days, then the switch would have to be malfunctioning to still be putting power out. Now if there were no switch and the PSU was plugged in, then people who don't understand how to do this safely shouldn't be attempting these tasks to begin with. Though if there were no switch and the PSU technically had power to it, then you would still be fine since plugging things in would be one of your last steps in the build and shouldn't be randomly touching anything other than what you are plugging in. Unless I'm misunderstanding what you're trying to say? please let me know.
+TylerJaden24 The only things I would add is #1 making sure the outlet you are plugging your PSU into is properly wired and has a proper grounding connection with an electrical tester and #2 making sure your wrist band is connected to bare metal on the PSU and not a painted part of the PSU or case. On a PSU or case the paint CAN act as an insulator and obstruct a proper bonding / grounding path. Otherwise yes, you are correct, connecting to a PSU that is plugged in but is off (without touching anything inside the PSU other than the enclosure itself), is the best way to effectively achieve a ground and bond yourself to eliminate the chance of an ESD rather than transferring it and causing harm to your components. I would not recommend connecting to a case because you are relying on the bond it has to the PSU through the paint and screws holding it together which is not as effective as connecting to the PSU itself. The house's electrical system is grounded which when plugged in the PSU is grounded and then while wearing an anti static band attached to the PSU you are bonded to the PSU which is grounded. Any potential or "static" will transfer to ground before it becomes a problem while working on something.
@ Everything cool - Not sure I understand your reply, can you clarify please? I think you are saying a bond and a ground is the same thing and ground connect what to a water pipe? and if not, then bond what?
Kille78 that is why good wrist straps (or anti static bonding points) have a 1 meg ohm resistor in them (or at each point of connection). Resistors limit current, and current is what kills, and a 1 meg ohm resistor allows only a miniscule amount of current through. If something does happen to go wrong, it stops *you* becoming a dead short to ground = happy days and safe working.
You don't ground yourself to the PC, you bond yourself to it, meaning the static electricity will be equally dispersed between you and the case, and thus pose little threat to the components. To ground yourself, the alligator clip will need to be attached to something that is literally grounded, like a radiator pipe for example.
I still dont get it. So does Static need to be discharged to any metal? what exactly is grounded? Like litterally something that is connected to the earth? or could just a piece of something more conductive than than the body work?
connect to any non painted point of the case with the wrist strap. it's not as bad as everyone says. it's just a precaution that could destroy your components. i had a ram connection go bad on a motherboard fried because of static so i use the strap all the time now
Marcus Fenix yes, grounded means connected to the earth. The earth pin of the power plug does exactly this. So, connecting your wrist strap to (bare metal of) a power supply that is plugged in to the wall will ground it and you can work safely.
In your video the pc case is not grounded so how does attaching clip to the ungrounded case ground the person? You are skipping something important and should redo the video
lol i remember the first time i built a pc and i was sitting on the floor. i didnt have a wrist strap and was on carpet, it was luck i didnt fry anything. i know a lot more now on building a pc lol
Ok so he mentioned in the video that the alligator clip may remove some of the paint. I'm sure the idea is to connect to bare metal anyway otherwise you wouldn't bond to the case?
First of all, connecting the anti-static clip to the case in the manner you do is called, "bonding" not "grounding". Second of all, when you mentioned the clip chipping away at paint... attaching the clip to a painted part of the case won't work - it needs to be attached to a 'raw' metal portion.
lets say im replacing my hard drive on my macbook 13" and have no carpet or things around me like socks, can i proceed without using one of the antistatic wrist strap? because ive done multiple computer builds, macbook, and imac replacements but still have not used one. should i be careful and use an antistatic?
It's really not a huge deal, you can do it without one and static usually wont hurt your PC, it's just that anti static wristbands are only 5-10$ and they make working on your PC much safer.
Pretty sure your dominant hand is your right hand. First of all you are wearing the ESD anti-static wrist wrap on the wrong hand. Lol , supposed to be worn on the non-dominant hand.
"How to use antistatic wrist strap"
"I don't know where to clip onto the case"
Failure.
where should you
@@chunk9165 Any unpainted metal.
@@doteaters ok thx
@@doteaters Is it also okay to hook it up to a metal radiator in the house?
@@MuccaCorse I imagine it would work, as long as the metal is unpainted.
Just so you know, and for everyone to know. If you connect it to a PAINTED SURFACE, like where you put it in your case, it's not connected to anything. Paint doesn't conduct electricity and thus doesn't do jack shit for your wrist strap.
Lol when i made my set up i was on thr carpet wareing socks putting the pieces on the floor i had no strap like yours and i am super lucky that i diddent fry it
Oh wow. Yeah, that's pretty sketchy doing it carpet, but I guess it depends on the type of carpet and how much you were moving/shuffling your feet as well. If you touched your case often or I liked to also tap on my light switch's screw (which should be grounded), then you should be OK. This wrist strap was only to ground myself as much as possible, since I find myself building up static really easily!
I don't know what carpet we have and i didn't really touch my case, i just brought a wrist strap because i don't want to be taking any risks damaging the peaces, I am so lucky that it didn't break anything.
when i was building it i did move a bit because i had to move most of the stuff away from the motherboard to put the new stuff in.
+Gamboley How touching the case will help if case is just a metal box and its not grounded? To you connect case somewhere before you start?
Yeah it's suppose to be plugged into the wall but the wall switch off as well as the anti-static band connected to the case.
What if I have the motherboard I'm working on in the case I'm grounded to, does that make a difference?
Does nail clipper count as surface to attach the end of the wrist wrap?
question can building your PC naked help anti-static ? i'm so worried about my new PC build I'm going to attach that crocodile clip to the pipe going into the ground on the radiator... maybe from my ankle not my wrist dunno.
Nice. Clear and simple explanation.
Thanks for the teaching. I finally saw it for real. 💝👍
thank you for help me to use antistatic wrist strap
Hi! I've got a strange question. So, where I should ground it when I want to not get shocked from Headphones or Studio mic. I am afraid those 300$ things f**k up anytime.
good job! Now there is the latest version of antistatic wrist strap.
Thanks man. I'm looking into upgrading the RAM on my computer and people kept recommending these but never specified how the hell to use them. Here's hoping that I do this right and don't fry my system lol.
I replaced my laptops ram witout this and it works fine. But you want to do this to be 100% safe.
Does the metal we touch have to be connected to the plug or can it be any metal? I mean will it work if I touch a desk lamp (full metal body) instead of a CPU?
I believe that if you have an object in your home that has "electroshocked" you, then it is the right one. I have a pellet stove that makes sparks when I touch it. I think I'll clip the anti-static bracelet to the stove.
I'm no electrical person, but wouldn't you attach that to metal and not painted metal?
From what I've read/heard connecting to a case is not the same as grounding? It's called bonding where you're just transferring the ESD to something else (the case). In order to ground yourself it needs to be connected to something that actually goes to the earth such as a PSU connected into the wall outlet (and turned off). This dissipates the ESD rather than transferring it. Correct me if I'm wrong cause I'm new to this too.
+TylerJaden24 90% of what you said is correct. The only thing you got wrong was using the PSU. It technically will ground you but by plugging it in (even while its off) you have just quadrupled your chances of something bad happening. Even though you may be grounded, there is power going to the PSU and the capacitors. Same concept applies to why its insanely dangerous to handle an opened PSU. Even while its off or unplugged, there is an active charge. Touch the wrong thing and it can very easily kill you. In this case you run the risk of bridging electrical circuits. Even when its off there is power going to the board. Even if it is a small amount, it doesnt take much.
+Kille78 Kille78, some of what you said is incorrect, and some of what you said COULD happen under the right but HIGHLY unlikely circumstances. From what you describe in your "scenario" this would only be an issue if your house / wall outlet had a faulty ground connection, the circuit breaker hasn't tripped and the internals of the PSU were shorting out in a unique manner (which you would likely know about via smoke, burning smell or the computer / PSU not working) OR if you opened up your PSU and started touching the internals (for what reason I don't know) as you were touching other components at the same time. Also, if your PSU has a switch on the back as most do now days, then the switch would have to be malfunctioning to still be putting power out.
Now if there were no switch and the PSU was plugged in, then people who don't understand how to do this safely shouldn't be attempting these tasks to begin with. Though if there were no switch and the PSU technically had power to it, then you would still be fine since plugging things in would be one of your last steps in the build and shouldn't be randomly touching anything other than what you are plugging in.
Unless I'm misunderstanding what you're trying to say? please let me know.
+TylerJaden24 The only things I would add is #1 making sure the outlet you are plugging your PSU into is properly wired and has a proper grounding connection with an electrical tester and #2 making sure your wrist band is connected to bare metal on the PSU and not a painted part of the PSU or case. On a PSU or case the paint CAN act as an insulator and obstruct a proper bonding / grounding path.
Otherwise yes, you are correct, connecting to a PSU that is plugged in but is off (without touching anything inside the PSU other than the enclosure itself), is the best way to effectively achieve a ground and bond yourself to eliminate the chance of an ESD rather than transferring it and causing harm to your components.
I would not recommend connecting to a case because you are relying on the bond it has to the PSU through the paint and screws holding it together which is not as effective as connecting to the PSU itself.
The house's electrical system is grounded which when plugged in the PSU is grounded and then while wearing an anti static band attached to the PSU you are bonded to the PSU which is grounded. Any potential or "static" will transfer to ground before it becomes a problem while working on something.
@ Everything cool - Not sure I understand your reply, can you clarify please?
I think you are saying a bond and a ground is the same thing and ground connect what to a water pipe? and if not, then bond what?
Kille78 that is why good wrist straps (or anti static bonding points) have a 1 meg ohm resistor in them (or at each point of connection). Resistors limit current, and current is what kills, and a 1 meg ohm resistor allows only a miniscule amount of current through.
If something does happen to go wrong, it stops *you* becoming a dead short to ground = happy days and safe working.
So correct me if im wrong but when i use an anti static wrist strap i should connect it to my case and i will be all good to handle all my parts?
Hey, so what happened with your build, any tips?
30 second video stretched to infinity
So basically, the wrist strap is to be worn once the pc is built, mainly before the chord to the power supply is plugged in and switched on?
I got mine for $7 been using them for over 30 years since my first build when I was 11
can you use it as earthing device? thx!
Yes you can
can we attack it to our foot and connect the other end to a plunged in power supply?
attach it to a car battery
so if i working on my pc with bare foot touching the ground"earth"..i dont need this static wrist wrap right?
rey jefferstone yep
the case is ungrounded? and it has painted surfaces.
i dont get how this video works
You don't ground yourself to the PC, you bond yourself to it, meaning the static electricity will be equally dispersed between you and the case, and thus pose little threat to the components.
To ground yourself, the alligator clip will need to be attached to something that is literally grounded, like a radiator pipe for example.
+Healy Riley wouldn't a plugged in psu (switched off of course) be better? When I did my build I just regularly touched that psu to discharge
+Doubledunk so the power supply unit where protective metal cage that protects the fan would be good? Just clip it to a metal spoke?
thats generally what people do bro but i'd double check with other sources (:
@@Doubledunk I usually stick the clip in the earth of the outlet
Is it okay to touch the painted case ?
Yes as long as you don't hurt yourself
Not on your case on your psu while it's plugged in turned off or plug it in your earth on your outlet
I still dont get it. So does Static need to be discharged to any metal? what exactly is grounded? Like litterally something that is connected to the earth? or could just a piece of something more conductive than than the body work?
connect to any non painted point of the case with the wrist strap. it's not as bad as everyone says. it's just a precaution that could destroy your components. i had a ram connection go bad on a motherboard fried because of static so i use the strap all the time now
Marcus Fenix dude I played gears of war 4 and you were in it :D
Marcus Fenix yes, grounded means connected to the earth. The earth pin of the power plug does exactly this. So, connecting your wrist strap to (bare metal of) a power supply that is plugged in to the wall will ground it and you can work safely.
u sound either boring or nervous. anyways u have beautiful hands.
+TylerJaden24 Gross...
Indeed
creeper!
Your PC case doesn't seems to be grounded. I don't think that it's a conductible metal.
You are not sure what you are doing and you tried to make this a tutorial..
Ikr
all these comments now I'm actually scared using it
"i dont what part of this case is ground" lol... cmon man...
My ankle is THICC
*Umm can i use umm your um as my ringtone? Ummm*
In your video the pc case is not grounded so how does attaching clip to the ungrounded case ground the person? You are skipping something important and should redo the video
lol i remember the first time i built a pc and i was sitting on the floor. i didnt have a wrist strap and was on carpet, it was luck i didnt fry anything. i know a lot more now on building a pc lol
Where do I clip it on the mother board???
I think that's the worst place you could connect it because you're trying to AVOID sending electrostatic discharge to the motherboard.
Clip it to the cpu and turn it on
w00tkid LOL
Ok so he mentioned in the video that the alligator clip may remove some of the paint. I'm sure the idea is to connect to bare metal anyway otherwise you wouldn't bond to the case?
Does the case need to be metal, sorry for stupidity
+Piervittorio Ciccariello Yes it does.
First of all, connecting the anti-static clip to the case in the manner you do is called, "bonding" not "grounding". Second of all, when you mentioned the clip chipping away at paint... attaching the clip to a painted part of the case won't work - it needs to be attached to a 'raw' metal portion.
JC J but most cases are painted, like black panels and metal are black instead of raw silver then what?
Connect it to the pus.. with the power cut off of course. 😊
dang auto correct PSU not pus..
LaVerne Kephart how do you mean? Even PSU are black these days?
How many times he says "Umm"
lets say im replacing my hard drive on my macbook 13" and have no carpet or things around me like socks, can i proceed without using one of the antistatic wrist strap? because ive done multiple computer builds, macbook, and imac replacements but still have not used one. should i be careful and use an antistatic?
Technology Central it's a precaution to reduce risk of damage by ESD. You've been lucky so far, that luck may eventually run out.
Take a drink every time he says “uh”
i heard that if you touch a power supply which its plugged into the wall and turned off at the wall and on itself it can ground you
Yes, I heard this aswell. I believe it's true after some reasearch.
Do u even know wtf ur doing
i was about to say that your profile picture was ironic but then... well anyway morty is in the background good enough
B BC Its time to get schwifty
Jacob Peck ooo yeaa
mr meeseeks
Um i um do um
I can’t live my life comfortably knowing ima get shocked all the time I hope that helps
Why would it? Who the fuck are you talking to?
Why not just connect it to your non dominant hand. That way it won't get in the way.
got mine for $0.99......
So using this wire? You shouldn't have socks on still.
Why would you do video if you are not sure what your are doing!
I built a $6,000 computer and I didn't even know this and I was on carpet thank God nothing fried
The Milk Man With 6000$ you should do more research.
It's really not a huge deal, you can do it without one and static usually wont hurt your PC, it's just that anti static wristbands are only 5-10$ and they make working on your PC much safer.
It wont always fry, but it could shorten the life out of your parts
Don't wear socks... FML haha.
lol your ankle
Pretty sure your dominant hand is your right hand. First of all you are wearing the ESD anti-static wrist wrap on the wrong hand. Lol , supposed to be worn on the non-dominant hand.
Bruh, your domanant hand is the hand you use the most
wouldnt the case then kill your mother board!?!?
First time using it and you’re giving advice on how to use it? Take this video down.
Angery Oprah
@@butwhytho7369 creeper oh man
Don't wear a carpet. Got it.
Holy shit dude don't quit your day job. Really man making videos just is not for you. Maybe hire an actor
Ummm ummm ummm ummmm that’s all you say ummmm you say ummmmm 😂
Um
I really think I got stupider watching this. This is not even how you use it
Gosh I hate it when people say "uh" or "umm" as much as this guy does literally every 2-3 words.