Using your anti static mat and wristband correctly.
How to use anti static mat.
This condition can cause a short in your components from a rapid discharge of electrostatic energy.
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The difference between using grounding cables separate for a mat or wrist strap as opposed to a common point ground is primarily ergonomic.
If the mat is equipped with only an alligator clip proceed to the next step.
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The connection will snap to one of the buttons on the corner of the mat and go to a grounding source such as a socket.
However having the mat and the wrist strap grounded at the same point does keep them in electrical balance.
Really creative name for the mat huh.
Step 1 place an anti static mat on the desktop surface of a workbench.
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Anti static mats are grounded by being placed on top of a conductive work surface or by using grounding cables to connect them to an electrical outlet.
The grounding cable is what connects the anti static mat being used as a work surface to the electrical outlet.
You do this using an anti static mat commonly known as a bench mat which has been especially designed.
Plug the grounding connector attached to the mat into the wall socket.
Antistatic mats are used under.
Computer components that are sensitive to static electricity or esd are motherboards cpus expansion cards and memory devices.
All anti static mats aka esd mats have one purpose to dissipate the static charge that can and usually does build up on the human body during a typical day in a controlled manner.
The top surface is static dissipative.
Prevent esd issues through proper grounding by using anti static mats and wristbands when working on a computer.
However with grounding an anti static mat will connect the components and the user to the grounding point which is typically a plug socket.
The side that is blue gray or green the bottom surface is impregnated with carbon which is why it is black.