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Plastic case = dead portable?
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by atkafighter » Sat Aug 20, 2005 11:04 pm
Hi,
Recently I (almost) finished a portable. I made the case out of acrylic found around the house (some thick clear plastic). I'm thinking that my portable died because of static electricity in the plastic I built the case out of. If this is the case (no pun intended) should I connect the ground to the case (to prevent further mishaps)? I will most likely change my material for the next portable I make.
Thanks
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by gamer2 » Sat Aug 20, 2005 11:07 pm
Did you test it before you put it in the case of death?!
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by G-force » Sat Aug 20, 2005 11:11 pm
Plastic (as far as I know) cannont conduct electricity, even static. Perhaps you fried a fuse touching it when you put it in the case?
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by Foxx373 » Sun Aug 21, 2005 12:00 am
there are forms of plastic that can create static. Some tupperware can...
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by gannon » Sun Aug 21, 2005 12:32 am
and cling wrap, because it kinda uses static to work
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by MiGs » Sun Aug 21, 2005 12:58 am
Ziploc bags tend to stick to walls pretty nicely when they are fresh out of the box.
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by atkafighter » Sun Aug 21, 2005 10:57 am
Did you test it before you put it in the case of death?!
Yes, and it worked! It stopped working once I was able to borrow a camera. It just stopped powering up, and since I already bypassed the fuse once I assumed that it died.