A grounding strap just creates a circuit between you and a ground terminal. A ground terminal is a relatively infinite pool of electrons. So, all you should need is a conducting strip going around your wrist and a bit of copper to run to your pool of electrons and some tape to hold the strip to the pool. For low voltage work (like with static electricity), you should be able to get away with using some local piece of metal (like the computer case) as your pool. Just make sure to touch something to release those bad boys prior to sensitive work.
rick On Sun, 25 Mar 2001, jh wrote: > Hi. Does anyone know how or have a link to building your own grounding > device that could attach to your wrist for hardware upgrades? I live in a > very small town with no way to get one quickly. I know there are places > online that sell them. Hoping to make something that would do the same job. > I am in the process of upgrading my motherboard and don't want to take any > chances. Thank you. -Jeff H > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >