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digitap:
I'm thinking about making a small cabinet where the sides, or preferable, the entire cabinet is made from polycarbonate (lexan).  Since it's a very poor insulator and can store up static electricity on the surface, would there be any danger to the users?  I'm thinking if a monitor was decased and mounted, would it ever try to arc over to the lexan sides?

Would any static buildup cause concern to the other components - controls, ipac, pc, etc?

Would the normal ground from the pc and monitor power supplies and cords be sufficient?

I suppose building a frame out of metal or wood, then attaching the lexan to it might alleviate some of this, but I'd prefer a completley clear case.  I know I've seen completely clear pc cases, but don't know what they're made out of.

JCL:
If everything is wired up correctly, this shouldn't be a problem. Why should this be any worse than other non-conductive cabinets. Wood is an insulator as is the plastic found around almost all CRTs you will come across (TVs, computer monitors, etc).

I wouldn't worry about this at all as long as you properly wire the cabinet. And if you screwed up wiring, it wouldn't matter if the cabinet was plastic or wood or whatever. Pay proper attention to grounding and everything should be fine.

Franco:
Any idea what kinda price 1/2" - 3/4" poly/lexan is? Cant imagine it being cheap. Would love to see an all lexan cab though!

digitap:
Yeah, 1/2" is big $$, don't know if they even make 3/4.  That's why I was thinking a bartop-style.  I'm a bit worried about it being stiff enough to properly hold a monitor, so was thinking a wood/metal framework - that would also help with screwing the pieces together, as trying to put a screw or other fastener into something <1/2" would be tricky at the least.  I'm sure there's ways to glue/bond it together, but then there's the serviceability aspect to think of, too.

AlanS17:
Well 1/4" lexan would be hard enough, but it bends. That would pose a problem.

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