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Originally Posted by pghaworth
promise eta - and I know I'm flirting with bad things, but in all my years (decades) working on my pc internals I have never worn a static discharge bracelet/device but always ground myself each time before starting work.
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The bracelet, for lack of the official term for what its called, grounds you to the chassis. It fits around one wrist and uses an alligator clip on a length of wire to connect to the chassis thereby establishing a ground. So that does what you've been doing, which is what we should be doing.
It works like a lightning rod to divert any static charge from you to the chassis, and since the chassis should be grounded, the charge is discharged into the ground.
ETA: Looked them up on Amazon and they are called
Anti Static Wrist Strap Bands, among other names.