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Static Electricity Build up on my Cab making it go CRAZY!

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grantspain:
earth and ground are different things
when you clean the screen your zapping the keywiz via the control panel
now i am guessing your cp is metal so all you need to do is get some mains earth cable (about 5amp) and connect one end to the cp and the other end to the earth coming from the walls socket input cable

rdowdy95:

--- Quote from: grantspain on September 24, 2007, 06:07:28 pm ---earth and ground are different things
when you clean the screen your zapping the keywiz via the control panel
now i am guessing your cp is metal so all you need to do is get some mains earth cable (about 5amp) and connect one end to the cp and the other end to the earth coming from the walls socket input cable

--- End quote ---

Sounds exactly what is happening.  Now my control panel is wood.  3/4" birch.  I know I can get some of this earth cable and a little terminal and one of those green looking screws.  Now you say connect one end to the control panel.  Now meaning add it to the Keywiz's ground or just like another wire going to the normal ground???  I don't really know.  Also that kewiz is getting plugged into the computer ps/2 port.  The main power source is the smartstrip going into the wall with the computer on the control outlet.

grantspain:
if your cp is wood then clip via metal clips to the cab,its just wood does not suffer from static

rdowdy95:
so do I plug one end of this earth ground wire into the keywiz ground terminal?  I already have two common ground wires plugged into the ground  terminal, and then the other end of the wire connect it to a clip?

Or do I get a couple of these clips and clip them to both side of the Keywiz interface board with no ground wire involved what soever.  I still don't understand all that well.  Also can you get me a picture of these clips.  Cause I know that is has to be the static is shorting out the keywiz, and I don't want to ruin it in the long term.

grantspain:
the earth should not go anywhere near the keywiz mate,how many pins are there on the plug that goes to the wall socket-you should have 3(live,neutral and earth).this is the earth that should connect to every piece of metal on your cab via continuity

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