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Steel/Aluminum Cabinet
Necro:
I've been shocked by a cabinet before when I worked in a Chuck E Cheese's type place in high school. It's not fun, and it hurts like hell. I'd highly recommend avoiding it.
That being said, strategic placement of wooden panels, and enclosing the PC portion of the cab in a wooden internal structure would prob. keep everything happy and non-deadly, I would think.
That and it would make shelves/etc. easier to create.
RayB:
--- Quote from: hnugz on December 28, 2005, 11:00:22 am ---Yeah as long as you are grounded things should be ok, computer cases are made out of aluminum and whatnot.
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They usually have a non-conducting coating.
rdagger:
Use extra heavy gauge wire for grounding and check that your outlet is properly earth grounded with a tester. A metal case would actually make grounding all the controls much easier. One downside might be the weight.
DrewKaree:
Why is everyone worried about this? He's saying this will be just an overlay, like laminate, only metal. Nobody worries about putting a kickplate or coin door on their cabs, which are metal, why worry about a sheet of metal fastened to the outside of the MDF? At worst, shuffling his feet on the carpet several times will give him the same shock that touching a doorknob would. HE'S the one who's statically charged, not the cab.
Fry Fire away ;D
SithMaster:
i think some wip would be good. maybe try and work in dim light so we can see the sparks and currents.
but you really cant go wrong with shiny things so good luck.