| If you do not use
ESD protection devices as per
the guidelines, you can harm yourself
by getting a shock. Consider the
following situations: |
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An ESD strap is
specially designed to drain electric
charges away and provide safety
to you. For this purpose, it uses
1-megaohm resistor to drain the
charge away. If, instead of using
this safety device, you wrap a
simple wire around your wrist,
you can get electrocuted. |
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An ESD strap can provide safety
against low voltage. If you wear
an antistatic wrist strap when
there is a possibility to encounter
a high-voltage capacitor, the
strap could channel that voltage
through your body. Such situation
could be working on the inside
of a monitor or power supply. |
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Antistatic bags are not designed
to drain the charges away. Do
not use them in place of antistatic
mats to transfer static charge
from the computer to the ground |
