Proper Grounding Techniques

[Gordon JC Pearce]

Jim Beacon wrote:
> 
> But the engineer is protected by an open resistor - there is no path to
> ground for a potentially fatal shock form the mains. The risk of static
> damage is always secondary to the risk of a fatality. Remeber, the worst
> case shock is one where the current passes through the heart, which is a
> huge risk if one hand is connected directly to ground by a short
> circuit.........

And the static will probably leak away through the body of the resistor 
*anyway*.

Gordon.